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THE country is expected to register a sharp spike in oil imports following the loss of its oil refining industry, making the country an attractive...

AFTER sitting on the sidelines as the US and Europe plowed headlong into vaccinating against Covid-19, the part of the world that contained the coronavirus...

Ed’s note: With phishing and other forms of fraud and digital theft intensifying especially during the pandemic, the following tips for avoiding being victimized were...

A US intelligence report expected to be declassified as soon as Friday implicates Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in approving the killing of...

WASHINGTON—The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes...

MOSCOW—Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sent to a prison outside Moscow to serve his sentence, his lawyer said Thursday, a move that comes...

Qualified coconut farmers will finally be able to benefit from the Coconut Levy Fund after President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed into law on Friday Republic...

FOR the first time since 1986, the national government’s budget deficit breached past the trillion peso mark in 2020 as the Philippine economy was battered...

AFTER hitting a two year high in January, the Philippines’s inflation number is expected to have accelerated further in February on the back of higher...

Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the Duterte administration and the Legislative branch have already agreed to prioritize at least 14 priority that need...

The Philippines on Friday recorded 2,651 new Covid-19 infections, the country’s highest daily total in four months.  As of 4 p.m. of February 26, the total...

FILIPINOS in the United States were warned to exercise utmost caution in the wake of several assaults by suspected white nationalists against people of color....

People who will suffer serious side effects Covid-19 vaccines are now assured of compensation from the government after President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed into law...

FOLLOWING a thorough review, the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (Nitag) and the Department of Health – Technical Advisory Group (DOH-TAG) have recommended the use...

THE country’s transactions with the rest of the world yielded a dollar deficit in January as the national government withdrew foreign currency from the Bangko...

THE country’s tourism enterprises live in a constant state of worry during this pandemic, and believe that the stability of public health will be the...

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) returned to the US bond market for the second time this year to help boost its resources to address the...

THE Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (Finex) is calling for the immediate passage of a bill that seeks to strengthen the lending capacity of...

ILLICIT financial flows and tax avoidance during the pandemic caused millions to become poor, according to a new United Nations (UN) report. In a report...

THE government expects at least a total of P14 billion in forgone revenues from giving value-added tax (VAT) exemption to importations of Covid-19 vaccines. Finance...

THE Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) has relaxed its insurance rules for hogs, now allowing the coverage of pigs ordered to be culled by the...

THE National Task Force Against Covid-19 has expressed its reservations over granting blanket immunity to vaccine manufacturers, a stand that the Senate minority leader has...

Initial Senate findings on “distance learning” option allowing schoolchildren to study at home away from classrooms amid the Covid-19 contagion got mixed results. “Assessment is...

THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will conduct a separate probe into the alleged “misencounter” between agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and...