The Department of Agriculture (DA) said rice self-sufficiency will be attained when the rate of adoption for hybrid seed hits 30% of the 4 million hectares of rice land, compared with the current rate of 10%.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said on Wednesday that it has been fast-tracking the approval of provisional authorities to operate (PAOs) and the issuance of certificates of compliance (CoCs), with its meeting on Feb. 27 clearing eight applications from generation companies.

Port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has earmarked a capital spending of USD380 million this year after ending 2017 with a seven-percent increase in profit.

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Lawmakers said the Philippine government should reject the alleged use of the country’s natural resources as collateral for loans from China, citing the bad experience of countries from South America and Africa.

The Commission on Appointment on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of House of Representatives Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and seven other lawmakers from both houses of Congress to the rank of Colonel in the reserve force of the various services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines

Family members of the four farmers who were shot dead while harvesting sugarcane in a disputed CARP-covered land in Barangay Napacao, Siaton in Negros Oriental are seeking justice for the deceased.

See a partial list of officials who have been fired or have left the administration since U.S. President Donaldo Trump took office on January 20, 2017.

Feeling the pressure of sanctions, North Korea seems “sincere” in its apparent willingness to halt nuclear tests if it held denuclearization talks with the United States, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday as U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials voiced skepticism about any discussions.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, said on Tuesday he was resigning, a decision that came after he lost a fight within the White House over plans to impose hefty steel and aluminum tariffs.

Terry Bryant, 37, faces up to three years in county jail if convicted.

The top U.S. general for Africa told lawmakers on Tuesday that the American military could face “significant” consequences should China take a key port in Djibouti, as Beijing becomes increasingly muscular in Africa in an effort to expand its influence.

President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Tuesday to press on with his “war on drugs,” reiterating his threat to “kill” those who “destroy the young of my country” as he claimed the International Criminal Court “cannot acquire jurisdiction over me, not in a million years.”

A Russian military transport plane crashed in Syria on Tuesday killing all 39 people on board, Russian officials said, an incident that sharply raised the death toll from the Kremlin’s intervention in the Syrian war.

Scarcely had the vivid memories of the Renato Corona impeachment started to fade when here we are, jolted back to the impeachment process underway...