Capas Mayor Reynaldo Catacutan vowed on Thursday not to lower his guard against the drug syndicate he said have been wreaking havoc in his town as he presided over the “graduation” of 453 drug victims from a program to wean them away, which included six months of community service.

There has been a recent resurgence in militancy in Indonesia and authorities believe Islamic State has more than 1,200 followers while about 500 Indonesians have left to join the group in Syria.

Gross international reserves (GIR) edged up in August to a three-month high on the back of higher gold valuations and steady inflows from the central bank’s investments abroad, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported Thursday.

Best Inc, a Chinese logistics company backed by Alibaba Group, is launching a U.S. IPO that is seeking about $930 million to fund an expansion of its supply chain network, develop new technology and open more convenience stores.

Three big-ticket infrastructure projects — including a plan to build Metro Manila’s first subway — will soon be up for President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s approval after these hurdled the National Economic and Development Authority’s Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA ICC).

The research arm of the Fitch Group has forecast the Philippine construction industry will steadily expand over the next 10 years, with Chinese and Japanese firms largely benefitting from greater investments and project opportunities.

Foreign Exchange (FX) executives in the Philippines view any further US rate hikes as the biggest macro issue affecting the peso and its economic growth in 2017, according to the results of a Bloomberg survey released today. Other challenges raised include global political uncertainty, export growth and US economic and trade policy.

A new French legislation that aims to look after the well-being of fashion models is being observed by two world-renowned brands.

Forensic findings and statements of witnesses and the parents of Carl Angelo Arnaiz contradict or are different from the police and taxi driver Tomas Bagcal's claims that the teenager died along C-3 Road in Caloocan during a shootout with authorities after he robbed Bagcal at gunpoint.

Tomas Magleo Bagcal -- the R & E taxi driver who was allegedly robbed at gunpoint by Arnaiz in Caloocan and died supposedly during a shootout with Caloocan policemen after the purported Aug. 18 holdup -- is nowhere to be found.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s son on Thursday told a Senate inquiry he had no links to a seized shipment of P6.4 billion worth of narcotics from China, dismissing as “baseless” the allegations of his involvement in the drugs trade.

All new Jaguar Land Rover cars will be available in an electric or hybrid version from 2020, Britain’s biggest carmaker said on Thursday, as it speeds up plans to electrify its model range.

With the aim of “injecting excitement back in the PC,” chipmaker AMD is turning up the heat on main rival Intel after it formally launched its most powerful desktop processors yet – the AMD Ryzen Pro.

The notorious actor plays the villain in 'Aurelio Sedisyoso,' a rock sarswela from Tanghalang Pilipino.

The House of Representatives has approved on second reading the proposal to postpone the October 2017 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to May 2018.