The Department of Finance (DoF) wants the remaining tax reform segments out of the legislative mill by December, leaving a little more than three years for the current administration to make sure they start yielding the desired outcomes of “fairer” taxation, a wider base and bigger collections.

After 24 days, 'Black Panther' has grossed $562 million domestically and $1.08 billion worldwide, 21st highest of all time.

Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi said China is always firm and has consistently dealt with the South China Sea issue responsively, taking into account the interests of its people, the facts of the history, the regional peace and the international rule of law.

The City of Makati has donated new school uniforms, school supplies and food packs for thousands of schoolchildren displaced in Marawi, where a five-month siege last year destroyed many public schools and houses.

The country's seven largest conglomerates would like to start expanding NAIA's terminals and adding more flights as soon as possible, stressing that NAIA is a strategic national asset that needs upgrading without delay.

Yields on Treasury bills (T-bills) on auction Monday (March 12) will likely rise amid continued market uncertainty over possible interest rate hikes at home and in the United States.

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Rey Leonardo Guerrero strongly agreed with his nine other ASEAN counterparts on the “importance of maintaining and promoting peace and security in the South China Sea."

Premiere Point-to-Point bus services are now available from Clark International Airport to Subic Bay in Olongapo and the City of Dagupan in Pangasinan, allowing thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) a convenient way of going to their foreign destinations without the hassle of going to Metro Manila.

China’s largely rubber stamp parliament on Sunday passed a series of constitutional amendments, including one that removes presidential term limits, allowing President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely.

The rumors of a purported coup plot against Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez are just that - rumors, Deputy Speaker Fredenil Castro said Sunday, and cited three reasons: Alvarez enjoys the support of most of his peers, he performs well and those whose names are floated as possible replacements do not seem hungry for power.

Journalist Grace Albasin, a former National Union of Journalists of the Philippines director, has received death threats over social media stemming from the arrest of her daughter, youth activist Myles Albasin, and five companions whom the military has accused of being communist rebels.

The new law granting subpoena powers to the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) slipped past Congress with just a whimper.

Beijing has denied a claim by a Chinese think tank that it was seeking Philippine natural resources as collateral for loan agreements, a claim that had sparked strong warnings from some lawmakers.

Sister Catherine Rose Holzman was one of two aging nuns who were fighting the sale of the 3-hectare convent to the singer.

Two Filipinos are among four sailors declared missing after fire broke out at an ultra large container ship (ULCS) in the Arabian Sea, an industry news outlet reported. A third Filipino sailor was seriously injured and is being treated in an Indian hospital.