The Department of Agriculture (DA) is tapping the country’s major retail chains to distribute cheaper rice nationwide.  Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said he met with representatives ...

President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of “millions and millions” of people will hinge on securing money for detention centers. The Trump ...

Qatar’s success in helping to broker the long-awaited Gaza ceasefire has enhanced its reputation as an international mediator, with officials now considering which other conflicts they could help ...

LOS ANGELES—California Republicans are pushing back against suggestions by President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans that federal disaster aid for victims of wildfires ...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the ...

THE Insurance Commission (IC) has introduced Micro Takaful to provide low-income and Muslim Filipinos with greater access to affordable risk protection insurance products. The initiative is contained ...

TWO days after the Supreme Court ordered the inclusion of internet personality Francis Leo Marcos in the official national ballot, the senatorial aspirant filed his withdrawal from the race on ...

CONSTRUCTION activity in the country saw varying outcomes in November 2024, with residential projects falling, non-residential developments rising, and alterations and repairs gaining momentum, the ...

LEWIS HAMILTON drove a Ferrari Formula 1 car for the first time Wednesday and described it as “one of the best feelings of my life.” Hamilton was behind the wheel of a 2023-specification Ferrari SF-23 ...

Hino Motors Philippines (HMP) proudly celebrated its 50th anniversary on January 21, 2025, marking five decades of innovation ...

BANGKOK—Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand are expected to make their wedded status legal Thursday, the day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples. The enactment ...

PHILIPPINE Basketball Association (PBA) stars Scottie Thompson and Jayson Castro and Paris Olympics fencer Filipino-Ivorian Maxine Esteban eat, drink and sleep sports—even outside of the field of play ...