Investment projects registered with the Board of Investments posted a 25-percent increase in value for the first five months of the year compared with the same period in 2016, growing from P137.3 billion to P174.5 billion. The BOI said Friday this indicated the Philippines remains a preferred global investment destination.

Even as the military continued to pound targets in Marawi City where remnants of the terrorist Maute Group were believed to be holding out,...

PAGCOR suspended on Friday the Provisional License granted to Travellers International Hotel Group to operate casinos and other gaming facilities under the business name of RWM, following the June 2 arson spree by a lone gunman that left 38 people dead and 54 injured.

Consumer confidence in the Philippines posted its record-high index of 13.1 percent in the second quarter of 2017, which respondents of the central bank survey attributed partly to improved peace and order situation.

Law enforcers have arrested the suspect in the killing of the mayor of Bien Unido, Bohol, Gisela Boniel, who is also a commercial pilot. The...

Joshua Smith and Jayson Castro delivered 31 points apiece to help TNT KaTropa book the remaining semifinals spot with a hard-fought 104-96 overtime victory...

Vice President Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo has been regularly going to far-flung communities in rural areas to listen to residents' woes and facilitate assistance...

SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao, June 9 - President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday justified his declaration of martial law in Mindanao based on the onset of...

At the 35th Session of the Human Rights Council, Mr. Högni S. Kristjánsson, the Permanent Representative of Iceland, delivered a statement touching on the...

'I love Izabel and her story through and through. Her emotions are so pure,' she says of her 'Forever Sucks' character.

In celebration of the Philippines’ 119th Independence Day, Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) operator Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) announced that passengers can enjoy free rides on LRT-1 during peak hours on June 12, 2017,Monday.

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said on Friday that the government intends to sweep Marawi City, scene of...

West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. recently signed a P10.8-billion loan agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and three of Japan’s largest private commercial banks to fund its Non-Revenue Water (NRW) and water expansion capital expenditure projects for the next four years.

The country’s aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, has gotten a thumbs-up from the just-concluded International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO Coordinated Validation Mission (ICVM) conducted from May 30 to June 8 2017.

French carmaker, Renault, has been fined $941,000 in Mexico for importing and selling almost 12,000 new vehicles without the right environmental certificate, the federal government announced