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 ...

THE PESO rose versus the dollar on Thursday as expectations of elevated Philippine inflation fanned rate hike bets. The currency rebounded by 12 centavos to close at P61.625 versus the greenback from ...

US President Donald J. Trump predicted a swift end to the war with Iran as Tehran considered a US peace proposal that sources said would formally end the conflict while leaving unresolved key US ...

The US and Iran stuck to opposing stances on Thursday over Tehran’s uranium stockpile and controls on the Strait of Hormuz, although US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there had been “some good ...

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 ...

Rockwell Land Corp. reported a 67% rise in first-quarter (Q1) attributable net income to P1.29 billion from P773 million a year earlier, driven by growth across its residential and commercial segments ...

THE ABOITIZ GROUP said it is exploring wider cooperation with Vietnam in energy, food production and infrastructure following discussions with Vietnamese President To Lam during his state visit to the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...