ALEX EALA absorbed a near shutout against world No. 27 Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine, 6-0, 6-1, to bow out early in Round 1 of the ...

THE National Government’s (NG) outstanding debt edged up to a fresh high of P16.68 trillion as of end-March, the Bureau of ...

PHILIPPINE EFFORTS to digitalize its economy will be expensive, but it must keep pace with its neighbors to further its inclusion and sustainability agenda, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. “For ...

THE Board of Investments (BoI) has become a district-level member of the Customs Industry Consultative and Advisory Council (CICAC), helping address investors’ customs-related concerns. “CICAC bridges ...

ONLY 6% of organizations in the Philippines have “mature” cybersecurity systems that are up to the task of handling threats, Cisco Systems said. Citing the findings of a study, it said hyper ...

ONLINE SELLERS from the Philippines are lagging the region in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), according to Lazada Philippines. “Filipino sellers are on a slower adoption curve for AI vs.

THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) has sent 104 more short-term election observers to the Philippines, bringing the total to 226. That recent deployment is the third group of observers to be sent to the ...

DEATHS in land transportation accidents hit a 10-year high of 13,125 in 2023, accounting for 1.9% of 694,821 deaths in the country, according to Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Young adults ...

PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., has approved the National Action Plan for Unity, Peace and Development, the country’s “strategic blueprint” to end communist insurgency and armed ...

THE NATIONAL Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has suspended all maintenance activities until Monday as part of contingency measures for the May 12 midterm elections. The suspension for maintenance ...

THE DEPARTMENT of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will launch an amnesty program this year to allow illegal delivery gig workers to register. “The program encourages unauthorized ...