THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has started to equip local footwear manufacturers and exporters with tools and knowledge to utilize free trade agreements (FTAs) as well as to capture a ...

THE Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) revealed that the rollout of the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program faced a two-year delay due to two main factors: the ...

THE “Fourth Subcommittee Meeting on Good Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights” recently convened in Manila, under the Philippines-European Union Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA).

As the new year begins, a labor group reaffirmed its efforts to secure the long-awaited legislated wage hike, ensure job security, and improve working conditions for Filipino workers.  In its ...

Thousands of illegitimate children were born to mothers under 15 years old and more than a hundred were born out of child marriages in 2023, according to the latest data released by the Philippine ...

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and a staunch advocate of health reforms, continued his annual tradition of visiting the Southern Philippines Medical ...

GROUPS composed of those in the healthcare industry and other professionals are gearing up to take to the Supreme Court (SC) their opposition to the zero budget of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp ...

CRYPTOCURRENCY awareness is exceptionally high in the Philippines, with 96 percent of respondents having heard of it, according to blockchain and Web 3 software company Consensys Software Inc.

Dollar bonds from some of the world’s weakest economies have emerged as the bright spot in what’s otherwise been yet another lackluster year for emerging-market assets. While many developing-world ...

Cocoa is finishing 2024 as the top-performing major commodity, its massive annual gain driven by supply fears and market volatility. On track for a 172-percent gain over the past 12 months, cocoa’s ...

Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, officials said Wednesday, as the nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year with no end in sight. One ...

Thousands of people led by students rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday, calling for the prosecution of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and those responsible for hundreds of deaths in a ...