The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has suspended the entire bus fleet of the Dimple Star Bus Company after one its units figured in an accident that killed 19 people in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro evening of March 20.

Vietnam’s state oil firm, PetroVietnam, has ordered Spanish energy firm Repsol to suspend its “Red Emperor” project off the country’s southeastern coast following pressure from China, the BBC said on Friday.

Filipino-American businesswoman Loida Nicolas-Lewis on Friday published a Facebook post challenging President Rodrigo Duterte to substantiate his accusation that she had prior knowledge of...

The concierge service app best known for online grocery and food deliveries is now available in more areas in and around Metro Manila.

ICC Assembly of States President O-Gon Kwon has declared he is "ready to fly to Manila to be involved in any dialogue with any authorities" and "to plead with the Philippine people to reconsider" the government's withdrawal from the ICC, just as Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the ICC won't get any cooperation from Manila however it proceeds with an announced "preliminary examination."

A US Navy destroyer carried out a “freedom of navigation” operation on Friday, coming within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built by China in the South China Sea, US officials told Reuters. This, as the Chinese military’s official newspaper said on Friday its navy will carry out combat drills in the South China Sea, describing the move as part of regular annual exercises.

Journalist and former lawmaker Satur Ocampo has asked a court in Manila to dismiss a petition by the Philippine government seeking the official tagging of 600 persons, including Ocampo, as "terrorists" for alleged membership in the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army.

Government scientists have raised the alert to the continuing risk of paralytic shellfish poisoning to humans from the red tide plague that still persists in coastal waters off several southern provinces.

Alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles has submitted to the Sandiganbayan the statement of a jail warden to bolster her allegation of "incidents of harassment, intimidation and threat" on her "life and security" which her lawyers are using to justify a bid to place her under the Department of Justice Witness Protection Program.

The Department of Public Works and Highways-National Capital Region (DPWH-NCR) will resume road repair and reblocking on seven road sections in the cities of Quezon and Taguig this weekend.

Tourists are still welcome to visit Boracay during the Holy Week and throughout summer, as the proposal to temporarily close the island to fix environmental problems is expected to take effect afterward, or during the tourist spot's lean season.

Defying calls from some forecasters, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas held fire and kept benchmark interest rates unchanged at a record low, confident that inflation will behave within target. That means the overnight borrowing rate remains at 3%, while the overnight deposit stays at 2.5%. Not counting the shift to the interest rate corridor, policy settings haven't moved since September 2014.

The odds are stacked against the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) for its acquisition of the Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp. (PDSHC), as it has yet to secure regulatory approval for the deal even as share purchase agreements (SPAs) with stockholders of the fixed-income bourse are set to expire by the end of the month.

The fatal accident involving an Uber self-driving car cranks up pressure on the self-driving vehicle industry to prove its software and sensors are safe in the absence of strong government standards, experts in the field said.

Sari-sari stores can now act as payment centers for utility bills, money remittances, prepaid mobile phone loads and prepaid gaming PINs, made possible by Posible.net.