THE MARKET SURGED to the 6,500 level on Monday after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor signaled that he is open to a rate cut in their first policy meeting for next year. The Philippine ...

MALACAÑANG on Monday assured that the Philippine government will not operate under a reenacted budget next year.

THE PHILIPPINE Embassy in Lebanon on Monday gave assurance to overseas Filipino workers still in war-torn Beirut that it is accepting and processing voluntary repatriation applications amid the ...

SOUTH Korea’s free trade agreement with the Philippines will take effect on Dec. 31, its embassy in Manila said on Monday. This comes after the Philippine Trade department said it would take effect on ...

THE Department of Justice’s (DoJ) proposal to apply the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) rule is “problematic and unfair” to Filipina drug convict Mary Jane F. Veloso, who was incarcerated in ...

POWER DISTRIBUTOR Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said on Monday that it is ready to respond to any possible electricity service concern that may arise during the holiday break. “Meralco crews and ...

HEALTH SECRETARY Teodoro J. Herbosa on Monday signed an administrative order (AO) removing the purchase booklet requirement for senior citizens’ medical discount. The order is in line with the ...

A CONGRESSMAN on Monday urged government agencies to ensure that elderly prisoners still receive senior citizens’ benefits despite being incarcerated. “Our laws on senior citizens’ welfare do not ...

THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday raised the alarm over the reported spread of counterfeit identification (ID) ...

ABOITIZ CONSTRUCTION, Inc., the construction arm of the Aboitiz group, said it hired 145 candidates in its nationwide Recruitment One-Stop-Shop (ROSS) this year, it said on Monday. “Many of the ...

THE Board of Investments (BoI) said that it has certified 173 projects as of late December for green-lane treatment and endorsed them to the One-Stop Action Center for Strategic Investments (OSACSI).

THE PHILIPPINES obtained $5.67 billion worth of official development assistance (ODA) this year, which it applied to big-ticket flagship infrastructure projects, the Department of Finance (DoF) said.