PERSISTENTLY high tariffs could dampen economic activity and dent demand for coconut products in the United States, one of the biggest buyers of Philippine coconuts, according to an industry group.

THE 20-percent reciprocal tariffs unveiled by the United States could push Philippine exporters to lay off employees, according to the Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization (Philfoodex ...

FOLLOWING the retirement of two Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) commissioners last week, the agency’s chairperson—Monalisa Dimalanta—resigned from her post three years before her term expires, ...

PHILIPPINE banks need to be more vigilant against financial phishing as cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said these can already ...

AFTER more than two decades of negotiations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China have agreed on a ...

NEW water quality surveys in El Nido and Coron, Palawan continued to show massive fecal coliform levels in many of its bodies of water. Samples taken on June 3, 2025 by the Environmental Management ...

INVESTMENTS poured into manufacturing in the Philippines in the first half of 2025 soared to P26.63 billion, up 165 percent ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s trust rating went up by 10 percentage points in June, but Vice President Sara Duterte ...

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) aims to distribute a total of 400,000 land titles to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) nationwide in 2025. “They may say it’s impossible, but with our ...

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is urging Malacañang to form a tripartite tariff task force as the US prepares to raise tariffs on Philippine goods starting next month. TUCP Vice ...

SEN. Francis Pangilinan has asked the Senate to investigate and determine the cause of what he said was “skyrocketing food prices and other consumer supplies.” “In response to growing concerns over ...

A LAWMAKER has urged the Marcos administration to adopt a unified, whole-of-government strategy to confront the worsening crisis of online gambling, which has been described by Church leaders as the ...