The Philippine jobless rate rose to 4.7% in April from a year earlier, while underemployment climbed to a nearly three-year high of 15.2%, signaling continued weakness in the labor market. Data from ...

ELEVEN DOMAINS and subdomains operated by YTS have been issued site-blocking requests for alleged piracy and copyright infringement by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). In ...

SUPER BOWL LX was the second-most watched show in United States TV history and set a domestic record for peak viewership, the NFL revealed on Tuesday. Sunday’s game in Santa Clara, California, where ...

The US said it struck Iranian military sites over the weekend and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday it had targeted a US base in response, the latest in a series of exchanges amid ...

FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS in the Philippines are falling behind their counterparts in some Southeast Asian countries in reading, writing and mathematics, with a significant percentage of students still ...

By Justine Irish D. Tabile, Senior Reporter THE National Government’s (NG) outstanding debt rose to a fresh record high of P18.49 trillion as of end-March, driven partly by the peso’s depreciation, ...

The Philippines’ manufacturing value added dropped to 15.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, one of the lowest in the East Asia & Pacific region, according to the World Bank data. It trailed ...

RICE, FISH and selected meat prices rose year on year in early May, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. During the May 1-5 period, which the PSA calls the first phase of May, the ...

Historically celebrated for its remarkable beauty and biodiversity, the Philippines’ archipelagic geography has emerged as a critical economic challenge. Today, logistics costs consume an alarming ...

MERALCO POWERGEN CORP. (MGen), the power generation arm of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), is set to develop a 49-megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system (BESS) in Toledo, Cebu, which is expected ...

The Philippines’ renewable energy (RE) share to electricity capacity grew to 31.2% in 2025, a tad higher than the 30.1% share in 2024, according to the latest edition of the Renewable Capacity ...