The municipality of Itbayat in Batanes province has been placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 as Typhoon Gorio (international name: Podul) slightly intensifies while heading toward Taiwan, ...

BEIJING/SINGAPORE – China on Tuesday announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola imports, a new escalation in the year-long trade dispute that began with Ottawa’s imposition of ...

The U.S. government’s budget deficit grew nearly 20% in July to $291 billion despite a nearly $21 billion jump in customs duty collections from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with outlays growing ...

BRASILIA – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday said his government would provide 30 billion reais ($5.55 billion) in credit as part of a plan to support companies that export goods ...

CAIRO – Israeli planes and tanks kept bombarding eastern areas of Gaza City overnight, killing at least 11 people, witnesses and medics said on Tuesday, with Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya arriving in ...

The White House said on Tuesday it will lead an internal review of some Smithsonian museums and exhibitions ahead of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, after ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. trade officials will meet again with their Chinese counterparts within the next two or three months to discuss the future of the economic relationship between the two countries, ...

By Kenneth Christiane Basilio, Reporter The Philippine government plans to allot more than P1 trillion to the education sector to meet the recommended spending benchmark by a United Nations (UN) ...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) technologies can potentially boost the Philippine economy by P1.8 trillion (around $31 billion), as Filipinos increasingly use AI for work and upskilling, according to a ...

THE Philippine banking sector’s nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio dropped to a three-month low in June even as banks continued to expand their lending portfolios, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data ...

RESIDENTIAL HOUSEHOLDS in areas served by Manila Electric Co., (Meralco) will see higher electricity bills this month as the power distributor hikes rates due to higher generation and transmission ...

DOUBLEDRAGON CORP. (DD) aims to raise up to P10.9 billion through a retail bond offering next month, offering a 7.7% interest rate with maturities of 3.5 and 5.5 years. The issue will come from the ...