MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent a bill that will give the country’s anti-terrorism law more teeth. Duterte, in a letter to House Speaker...
The economic upheaval and social disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic have upended the assumptions many people made last fall about which insurance plan to sign...
MANILA – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Sunday warned the public, particularly would-be overseas Filipino workers, against online illegal recruitment schemes promising “deployment after the...
COVID-19 is causing governments everywhere to spend. Everyone agrees this needs to happen while temporarily avoiding the question of “How do we pay for today?” With...
Financial intervention in the past three months to buffer the global economic shocks from COVID-19 is making records. As of mid-May, an estimated US$9 trillion has...
MANILA – As part of its resumption of public transportation in the country, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Saturday said it has increased the number of...
MANILA – The spike in confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections was due to the “aggressive validation” of tests conducted in the previous days, Department of Health...
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday announced the relaxation of quarantine restrictions in the country despite the government’s continuing battle against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19)....
MANILA – Citing the need to complete the critical projects in Boracay Island, President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the term of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF)...
MANILA – Public utility buses (PUBs) will be allowed to operate but can only load half of their actual passenger capacity in areas under the general community...