By Katherine K. Chan, reporter Money sent home by Filipinos abroad grew by 3% year on year in October, the slowest pace in five months, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Monday. Cash ...

SYDNEY — Stories of horror and heroism emerged as Australians mourned the 15 people killed by two gunmen at Sydney’s Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah event. Police said two shooters, a father-son duo, ...

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to providing more than $4 billion in loan financing to the Philippines in 2026, ...

The Philippine economy is seen to grow below target until next year, following the recent slowdown in the third quarter, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. In a statement for its Article IV ...

The Public Works department asked lawmakers on Sunday to restore about P45 billion cut from its 2026 budget, warning that the shortfall could slow construction activity and weigh further on an already ...

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SHARES of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) climbed last week after it secured a 25-year concession to operate South Africa’s busiest state-owned port terminal, lifting trading ...

THE average farmgate price of dry palay (unmilled rice) rose 6.5% month on month to a national average of P16.92 per kilo in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority said in a preliminary report.

Italian authorities said on Friday they had arrested 34 “tomb raiders” suspected of looting treasures from archaeological sites in Sicily and the neighboring region of Calabria. The looting of Italy’s ...

In corruption studies, a field largely unheralded in the Philippines, there is a concept with growing global impact that has not drawn much attention yet in the country: state capture. Corruption ...

Methinks it’s wise to resist drawing similarities between fascists, say, Rodrigo Duterte with Donald Trump. Context matters: cultural, economic, and historical specifics make for useful markers of ...

BUDGET WATCHDOGS warned that Congress’ rushed timetable to finalize the P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026 increases the risk of unchecked amendments and last-minute insertions, potentially ...