FINANCE Secretary Ralph G. Recto said a prospective Supreme Court (SC) order to return funds taken from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) ...

THE debt service bill on foreign borrowing was nearly $5.9 billion in the five months to May, according to preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Debt service rose 0.51% to ...

THE public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the pipeline now number 230, valued at P2.86 trillion, the Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) said. Speaking at a House ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said the beneficiary list of P20-per-kilo rice program will be expanded this month to include fisherfolk. The DA said the rice will start to go on sale at fishports ...

THE temporary ban on rice imports is not expected to stoke inflation as rice stocks remain substantial, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). “We had a record harvest in the first half, ...

PHILIPPINE SHARES dropped on Monday, pulling the main index back to the 6,200 level, as the market mostly moved sideways due to the absence of new trading drivers.  The benchmark Philippine Stock ...

THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said economic zone (ecozone) proclamations are likely to number 20-30 this year, based on the agency’s best-case target. “We might be able to achieve that ...

AIR QUALITY in Metro Manila improved significantly in 2024, largely due to emission-reduction programs including the enforcement of Euro 4 fuel standards since 2016, the Department of Environment and ...

THE OFFICE of Senator Robinhood “Robin” C. Padilla on Monday confirmed that its staff accused of using illegal drugs in the Senate building has resigned. “Today, we received the written explanation ...