US President Donald J. Trump said on Saturday that American military and commercial ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal free of charge. “I’ve asked Secretary of ...

THE PESO may trade sideways against the dollar this week as investors await the release of key US and Philippine economic data. The local unit closed at P56.265 per dollar on Friday, jumping by 29 ...

PHILIPPINE STOCKS may continue to climb this week on hopes of easing trade tensions between the United States and China. On Friday, the bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 1.79% ...

THE PHILIPPINES should leverage its wide Filipino-American community as a soft diplomacy tool to negotiate the 17% reciprocal tariff imposed by US President Donald J. Trump, analysts said at the ...

THE US military on Saturday deployed its advanced anti-ship missile system in the northern Philippines for combat exercises as part of the annual Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) war games, the ...

The military’s Western Mindanao Command and the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) are all set for the May 2025 elections in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. Army Lt. Gen. Antonio G.

BINGOPLUS Foundation has received a P150-million grant from Tanco-led parent company DigiPlus Interactive Corp. to scale up its community programs nationwide. The P150-million grant allows the ...

THE Philippine Embassy in Cambodia has signed an agreement with the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) to set up a Philippine Studies program. “The agreement formalizes Philippine Government ...

THE ALLEGED interference of Beijing with the upcoming election is intended to undermine the Marcos administration and to support pro-China candidates, an analyst said at the weekend.

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) has sounded alarms over the growing cases of human trafficking involving Filipinos who are being sold between online scam syndicates in Cambodia. Four trafficking ...

THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) said it is in discussion with New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) for the possibility of staggered implementation of land lease at Ninoy Aquino International Airport ...

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said it is investigating CIMB Bank after users reported unauthorized fund transfers.  The central bank in a statement on Sunday said it is closely coordinating ...