US nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan with Japanese fighter jets, Tokyo said on Thursday, a show of force after Chinese and Russian military drills in the skies and seas around Japan ...

South Korean Oceans Minister Chun Jae-soo on Thursday expressed his intention to step down so he can focus on disproving claims he received illegal payments from the Unification Church. Calling the ...

THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $400-million policy-based loan to support the Philippine government’s efforts to improve the ease of doing business in the country. In a statement, the ...

A SPANISH energy firm is looking at the Philippines for renewable energy (RE) projects as it expands in the Asia-Pacific, the Board of Investments (BoI) said. In a statement on Wednesday, the BoI said ...

THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) slashed its growth forecasts for the Philippines for this year and 2026 but it is still expected to be the second-fastest growing economy in Southeast Asia. In its ...

THE British Chamber of Commerce Philippines (BCCP) said the ASEAN chairmanship and key reforms will help the Philippines amplify its case as a key investment destination. “I think that from an ...

As 2025 draws to a close, taxpayers are looking forward to a stabler and more predictable tax audit environment following the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No.

THE NUMBER of jobless Filipinos rose by about 570,000 to 2.54 million in October from a year earlier, even as overall employment increased by 460,000, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) ...

ELECTRICITY RATES on the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) dipped in November as supply improved while demand fell, according to the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines ...

THE US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it reduced its estimate for Philippine milled rice production in marketing year 2025-2026 to 12.3 million metric tons (MMT), following typhoon damage to ...