PLDT outsourcing plan seen to create P7-B savings

PLDT is close to signing a deal with IBM to outsource its it needs in line with the telco's manpower reduction scheme aimed to cut costs amid a dip in profits.
VP Leni Robredo

VP Leni: I don’t see myself as opposition, but I also need to voice...

Despite being excluded from Cabinet meetings, and President Rodrigo Duterte having made clear his support for her political nemesis, Bongbong Marcos, Vice President Leni...

AFP validating if mom of Maute Group top leaders went to Lanao town to...

The military received reports that brothers Madie Maute and Mohammadkhayam “Otto” Maute were the ones who were buried by Farhana in Lanao del Sur.
Marawi troops insets Herrera Abella

WATCH | Malacañang wary of possible ISIS move this Ramadan

Malacañang maintains it has kept abreast of the terrorist Maute Group's moves even before the violent standoff broke loose after security forces moved to...

Sam Ajdani now ready for acting opportunities

The former Mr. World Philippines made his acting debut early this year in the weekly afternoon drama anthology 'Karelasyon.'

Chicago tribute band to donate concert proceeds to families of Resorts World victims

Kenny Cetera’s Chicago Experience is fronted by the younger brother of Chicago founding member Peter Cetera

Anthony Semerad explodes in 4Q as TNT downs Ginebra anew to near finals berth

Anthony Semerad stepped up as the unlikely hero for TNT KaTropa, burying four triples in the payoff period to help his team edge Barangay...
VP Leni Robredo

VP Leni takes dig at Justice Secretary Aguirre for spreading fake news

MANILA, Philippines - Vice President Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo took a dig Tuesday at Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II for spreading fake news, warning...
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MMDA to commission murals at Pasig River pumping stations

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), in partnership with British Council, Davies Paints, San Miguel Holdings, and OneReDesign Manila, has commissioned international and local...

WATCH | 5 civilians killed, 8 others taken hostage in Marawi; 300 to 500...

War spares no one. In Marawi City, the fighting’s victims include residents –- both Muslims and Christians -- who have become refugees in their own homeland.
NFA rice stock

G2G TO G2P | NFA Council changes rules in rice importations

The government has revised the rules governing rice importation, Malacañang Palace said Tuesday. The National Food Authority Council has decided to shift the approach from the government-to-government scheme in place for years, to a government-to-private, or G2P, system for importing rice.

The Maute brothers: Southeast Asia’s Islamist ‘time bomb’

Omarkhayam and Abdullah Maute grew up with several other brothers and sisters in Marawi, a Muslim-majority town in a country where over 90 percent of the population is Christian.
Edcel Lagman

WATCH | Mindanao martial law: It’s terrorism, not rebellion, Lagman insists in SC oral...

The raging armed conflict in the Islamic City of Marawi constitutes not actual rebellion but terrorism. This, in a nutshell, was the contention proffered by...

Feeling impact of climate change, PH committed to conserve seas: envoy to UN Locsin,...

As one of the countries bearing the impact of climate change and the price of neglecting the oceans, the Philippines has a real stake in the global effort to conserve and sustainably use seas and marine resources, and affirms its commitment to this. The Philippines' permanent ambassador to the UN, Teodoro Locsin Jr., made this clear in a statement delivered to the world body at the recent observance of World Oceans Day.

PH 10-year T-bond rate declines

The rate of the 10-year Philippine government-issued Treasury bond (T-bond) declined to 4.692 percent Tuesday, lower than its previous average, as well as the secondary market rate in the morning session.