With positive take on PH business environment, LT Group sees bright prospects for all...

Tycoon Lucio Tan’s LT Group, Inc. (LTG) is optimistic about the local business environment bringing better prospects for its business units.

15 major rivers, lakes target of massive revival program

The agriculture department has begun implementing a nationwide project aimed at rejuvenating major lakes and rivers, starting with the seeding of 5 million fingerlings in Laguna Lake to boost fish production
Deep water oil platform

Oil prices hit seven-month lows on global oversupply

LONDON - Oil prices fell to seven-month lows on Tuesday after news of increases in supply by several key producers, a trend that has...
Fidel Agcaoili NDF

NDF: Lorenzana and Abella are out of bounds on Maasin, Iloilo raid

The National Democratic Front (NDF) of the Philippines on Tuesday described the statements of Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Presidential Spokesman...
DTI hands off SRP

WATCH | DTI to lift hands off SRP policy

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has moved, via a department order, to play no more role in the system of approving suggested...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

BSP to banks: Shield clients from ATM skimming by fully shifting to EMV technology

The BSP reiterated calls for banks to fully shift to chip-based cards using the more secure EMV technology for their depositors and credit card holders following recent reports of compromised ATMs of BDO Unibank Inc.

NUJP hits blogger for ‘endangering’ fotog covering Marawi, urges authorities to protect Jes Aznar

The NUJP has censured blogger RJ Nieto, an avid supporter of President Duterte, for his allegedly groundless accusation against photojournalist Jes Aznar.

Many Filipinos among illegal aliens who ‘disappeared’ after London tower fire: report

A "whole load of Filipinos" are among the undocumented migrants who have not been since since the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze in London, and may either have "deliberately disappeared" for fear of immigration authorities, or died in the tragic fire, according to a report in the web site of the UK's Independent.

REVIEW | ‘Can We Still Be Friends?’ strikes the right balance between formula and...

Lately, Star Cinema has been tweaking its formula, and this latest release is several important steps in the right direction.

STANDOFF | House panel votes to issue CA justices show-cause order for contempt over...

The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability has approved a motion for the Court of Appeals justices who ordered the release of the "Ilocos 6" to show cause as to why they should not be cited in contempt.
Carlos Zarate

‘PAHIRAP SA MAHIRAP’ | Lawmaker nixes bills that seek to impose addt’l taxes on...

There are more than eight million Filipinos who can't meet their basic food needs, according to latest available government data. And an activist-lawmaker worries that the numbers may increase if what he calls "pahirap bills" become law.
search for choi songkyu

CHOI ALIVE! | Korean trekker found in a Barlig rice granary

BAGUIO CITY - After seven days and eight nights of intensive search, the Korean trekker Choi Songkyu, who was declared missing in the mountains...

Singapore eyes new laws to combat fake news

Singapore is looking to join a team of nations trying to curb the spread of false information across social media through new legislation.

NASA Kepler announces over 200 new planet candidates, 10 in habitable zone

U.S. space agency NASA announced Monday that its Kepler space telescope has discovered 219 new planet candidates outside our Solar System.
air strike blast Marawi

WATCH | Govt forces launch offensive, hope to recapture Marawi before end of Ramadan

Philippine aircraft and troops launched a renewed push against Islamist militants in a southern city on Tuesday, and a military spokesman said the aim was to clear the area by the weekend Eid festival, although there was no deadline.