The city government is suspending classes in both public and private schools and directed city government to maintain only a skeleton work force on Monday to give way to the expected mammoth crowd ...

ACTOR and Eat Bulaga noontime show host Vic Sotto on Thursday filed 19 counts of cyber libel charges against controversial movie director Darryl Yap in connection with the release of the trailer of ...

AS I was pondering on what association strategy is worthwhile taking on for 2025, I was reminded of generosity as a core value.  As defined, generosity is the willingness to give freely of one’s time, ...

AS millions of Catholic Filipinos celebrated the Feast of Jesus Nazareno on Thursday, Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula delivered a powerful reminder about the singular source of hope that ...

THE Philippines should brace for “very unusual kind of uncertainty” even as the economy is now on firmer footing, according to the Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). In a Rotary Club ...

THE country’s export earnings may not completely suffer from the higher tariffs that could be imposed by the Trump administration, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). In a speech ...

ABOUT 63 percent of Filipino families rated themselves as “poor” in December 2024, the highest level since 64 percent in November 2003, according to the Social Weather Survey (SWS) on Wednesday. This ...

THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) is targeting to complete its consultations on the proposed fare hike for the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) by the second quarter of the year. In a ...

MALACAÑANG said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is scheduled to hold a trilateral phone call with United States President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru at the weekend. “We can ...

THE rampant illicit tobacco trade and misdeclaration of vapor products are projected to cost the government P240.3 billion in excise tax leakages over the next three years. Data from the Bureau of ...

THIN supply likely caused the spike in red onion prices, according to an official from the Department of Agriculture (DA). Retail prices of red onions ranged from P100 to P180 per kilo in Metro Manila ...

A REDUCTION in electricity rates is possible this month as generation charge, which makes up bulk of the Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) bill, may register a decrease. “Indications show a possible ...