BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO) reported an all-time high net income of P28.1 billion in 2017 on strong growth across all business segments, matching the Bank’s earnings guidance and marking a 7-percent rise year-on-year.

Total actual excise tax collections for January 2018 reached P22.078 billion, or over 7.7 percent of the goal of P20.501 billion for that month and 81.69 percent higher compared to the P12.152 billion tax take in the same period last year, according to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).

Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank), the thrift banking arm of Metrobank Group, reported a net income of PhP2.7 billion in 2017, 8.3% higher than the PhP2.5 billion recorded in the previous year.

Marine scientific research (MSR) is conducted for the benefit of all mankind, with undersea organisms used for food, medicine, cosmetics, and industrial applications. This is why, subject to the Philippines' interest and domestic and international laws, the country's maritime domain should be open to MSRs as conducted by both Filipino and foreign scientists.

Is China’s naming at least five seamounts in the Benham or Philippine Rise that big a deal, and should we be worried?

Former President Benigno Aquino III said Monday that he would have stopped the administration of Dengvaxia had government been informed that the vaccine from Sanofi Pasteur could not completely shield the children from dengue.

Former President Benigno Aquino made a pitch to let only experts speak on the Dengvaxia issue to avoid spreading panic through unfounded conjectures that can only harm the public welfare.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled its flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone with an emphasis on visual applications for social media, hoping to attract tech savvy young consumers to weather a market slowdown.

A 26-year old customs broker was shot dead in an ambush by motorcycle-riding killers in Caloocan City in a crime captured by closed circuit television cameras Monday morning, February 26.

Iran said pro-Damascus forces would press ahead with attacks on an insurgent enclave near the Syrian capital, as ground fighting raged on there in defiance of a U.N. resolution demanding a 30-day truce across the country.

The first civilian to testify in the case of two Reuters reporters accused of violating Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act contradicted police and prosecutors on Wednesday about where the pair were arrested, a defense lawyer said.

A South Korean who fled to the Philippines three years ago after being indicted in Seoul for allegedly operating a multi-million dollar telephone fraud scheme has been arrested and will be deported by the Bureau of Immigration.

A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea’s Southern Highlands province early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, disrupting communications and oil and gas operations.

That's the second-highest second weekend gross ever behind 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens.'

One hundred and ten girls are missing after an attack on a school in northeast Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, the information ministry said on Sunday, in what may be one of the largest abductions since the Chibok kidnappings of 2014.