A car was submerged in flood water near the corner of Mother Ignacia and Sgt. Esguerra street in Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City after a heavy downpour, Aug. 30. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE ...

THE GOVERNMENT has begun coordinating efforts to recover billions of pesos in assets tied to anomalous infrastructure projects spanning past and present administrations, officials said on Thursday.

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Thursday said his administration would scale up the use of electronic food vouchers under its anti-hunger project, a key part of his plan to eradicate hunger ...

A PHILIPPINE lawmaker on Thursday called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to suspend a newly announced plan allowing Chinese nationals to apply for tourist and business visas online, warning it ...

Non-uniformed policemen clamped down four drug peddlers, reportedly linked to the two now weakened local terror groups, in separate police operations in this city. Ranking officials of intelligence ...

THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday said it is seeking to take over the rollout of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), or National ID cards, noting ...

GERMANY views its trade relationship with the Philippines to hold much untapped potential, an embassy official said. The two countries’ views on international politics forms “a very solid basis to ...

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it signed an agreement with Japan to establish a 1.7 billion yen (P384.17 million) rice processing facility in Isabela. The government of Japan expects the ...

THE European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) said it will head to Cebu next week for discussions with the business community there. “We plan to go to Cebu next week to give also our ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is allocating P3.3 billion to procure 300 rice drying systems over the next three years, raising capacity for the process by 35-40%. The DA said in a ...

TOURISM SPENDING in the Philippines is expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels this year, with premium food and beverage (F&B) experiences being identified as the leading growth opportunity, Oxford ...

ASIAN TERMINALS, INC. (ATI) said it is weighing the construction of an additional roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) berth in Batangas in anticipation of growing demand for automobiles. Reginald L. Rivera, ...