ABOUT 4,417 samples of Philippine rice seed were added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, a secure Arctic facility ...

AGRICULTURE SECRETARY Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. said he hopes to arrest the decline in banana exports by focusing on the containment of Panama disease and improving overseas market access. In a ...

FUNDING lost to corruption from the flood control scandal could have been used for climate adaptation programs, advocacy group Oxfam Pilipinas said, noting potential vulnerability to climate disasters ...

THE PHILIPPINE Ports Authority (PPA) has recorded a total of 1.51 million passengers at the country’s major ports during All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day. Data provided by the port regulator showed that ...

THE MAIN INDEX sank to the 5,800 level on Monday, hitting a near seven-month low, due to heavy selling amid expectations that Philippine economic growth may have slowed in the third quarter. The ...

A REGIONAL Trial Court (RTC) in San Juan has denied Senator Jose “Jinggoy” P. Estrada’s request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against former Public Works engineer Brice Ericson D. Hernandez, ...

CORPORATE BOND markets need to serve as the Philippines’ “spare tire” during crises that strike the banking system, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. Speaking at a joint general assembly of ...

GAME DEVELOPERS generated $4.87 million in sales leads from a German trade show, Gamescom 2025, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. In a statement, the DTI said these sales leads include ...

THE 26 Filipino medalists in the recently concluded 3 rd Asian Youth Games got an early Christmas gift from both the government and the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) for their feats in Manama, ...

TWO REGIONS in the Philippines approved a P500 to P700 pay bump for domestic workers, according to the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) on Monday. In a wage order posted on the NWPC’s ...

MANUFACTURERS in the Samsung Group supplier ecosystem are hoping to expand in step with Samsung Electro-Mechanics Philippines Corp. (SEMPHIL), the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said. “The ...

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it expects to generate savings of about P60 billion from construction materials, which it found to be overpriced in the course of conducting the ...