Romania’s centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, won the country’s presidential election on Sunday in a shock upset over a ...

A US Coast Guard (USCG) ship has made a port call at a major Philippine island facing the South China Sea, where its crew held drills with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to improve interoperability ...

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday proclaimed 59 party-list representatives seven days after the May 12 midterm elections, in the fastest turnaround time since automated polls were fully ...

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the additional P1,000 across-the-board election allowance for teachers and poll workers. “The DBM has approved the release of P758.459 million to ...

A SENATOR on Monday said that tax rates for vape and nicotine products should not be lowered in an attempt to curb smuggling, recommending instead that its taxes be harmonized. The government should ...

THE Philippine government will expand its subsidized rice program to more provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao starting in July, as it expects long queues for the P20-per-kilo staple, the country’s ...

Three individuals, including a volunteer community watchman, were killed while two others were wounded in gun attacks in three towns in Maguindanao del Sur province within just three days. A Barangay ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., on Monday conveyed his willingness to reconcile with the Duterte family, signaling a potential thaw in relations between two influential political clans amid ...

THE Philippines and Mongolia pledged to strengthen their trade and investment ties on Monday, reaffirming their need to expand economic cooperation to harness their resource-rich economies. In a joint ...

THE Philippine government heightened its emergency readiness and deployed additional support services as it accelerated the rehabilitation of the San Juanico Bridge in Eastern Visayas. Acknowledging ...

METRO PACIFIC Tollways Corp. (MPTC) said it is ready to resume merger talks with San Miguel Corp. (SMC) after deferring ...

THE PHILIPPINES is on track to build a bigger and more competitive economy, with government initiatives, private sector ...