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 ...

Photo shows US dollar bills and Philippine peso coins. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RYAN BALDEMOR THE PESO could plummet to as much as P64.50 against the dollar if the Middle East conflict further escalates and ...

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 ...

GLOBAL HEALTH organization CEPI will give roughly $60 million to Moderna and two other groups to accelerate the development of shots against Ebola Bundibugyo, the deadly virus that has swept through ...

THE Department of Health (DoH) on Monday pushed for sweeping amendments to the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act to address bottlenecks in the implementation of health financing and expand the ...

PLDT ENTERPRISE has partnered with Metro Pasay Hospital and Medical Center to manage and upgrade its digital systems, aiming to improve network reliability and internal communications across hospital ...

MR.DIY, the home improvement retailer from Malaysia, now has 1,000 stores in the Philippines, having opened its latest branch last week at Ayala Malls Circuit in Makati City. The new store also ...

THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S (NG) gross borrowings declined by over 66% in April amid significantly lower domestic debt, the ...

THE UNEXPLAINED detonation of explosives stored by one of Myanmar’s rebel armies has killed dozens, the militia that controls ...

THE GOVERNMENT has not yet done the groundwork to prepare for the expected surge in demand for ube (purple yam), amid signs ...

STATE-RUN Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) said it is partnering with Japanese firms to advance renewable ...