PH BOP position posts $270-M deficit in April

MANILA — The country’s overall balance of payments (BOP) position in April 2018 posted a deficit of USD270 million, a very notable reversal from the USD917 million...

Euro tourists told to explore other options after Boracay closure

MANILA — Travel agencies organizing packaged tours to the Philippines for the European market have been told to look for other suitable destinations in the country since...

Locally-based euro firms hired more than 800K Filipinos in 40 yrs

MANILA — Member companies of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) have created more than 800,000 jobs in the country since its establishment in...

Veteran journo Jun Veneracion ready for more in-depth reporting on GMA’s flagship investigative series Reporter’s Notebook

Jun Veneracion—“Jun V.” or “Vene” to his colleagues—joined GMA in 2003 and was assigned to cover the Defense and Military beat which brought him to war-torn...

Lovato has concert activities for mental health awareness

NEWARK, N.J. — On Demi Lovato’s latest U.S. tour, she opened each show with “You Don’t Do It For Me Anymore,” an ode to shaking her...

US sanctions Venezuela socialist boss for drug trafficking

CARACAS, Venezuela — The Trump administration has slapped sanctions on Venezuelan socialist party boss Diosdado Cabello, accusing him of drug trafficking and heading a major corruption...

Trump says spy infiltrated his campaign; lawyer casts doubt

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump accused the Justice Department on Friday of trying to frame him by planting a spy in his 2016 campaign — an...

Trans Mountain pipeline won’t cause tension with Notley at meeting: Horgan

LANGFORD, B.C. — The premiers of British Columbia and Alberta will join their counterparts from Western Canada at a meeting next week, but John Horgan doesn’t...

Gaza border protests resume as UN calls for inquiry