MANILA – The bicameral conference committee on Wednesday approved the final version of House Bill No. 10800 or the proposed PHP6.352 trillion 2025 national budget. The measure retained the PHP733 ...

ISTANBUL – US President-elect Donald Trump promised “fully expedited approvals and permits” on Tuesday for those who invest USD1 billion or more in the US. The permits would have no limit, including ...

MANILA – The Philippines, United States and Japan raised “serious concerns” over China’s repeated blocking and harassment of Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea during their inaugural ...

OSLO – The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organisations, or Nihon Hidankyo, received the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize at an award ceremony in the Norwegian capital of Oslo on Tuesday. The ...

MANILA – The Philippine Navy (PN) said it is unfazed by China’s continued use of “grey zone” tactics and continues to perform its mandate in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a ranking naval official ...

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday warned residents living near Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island against respiratory illnesses and potential health risks that could affect persons ...

While the housing crisis spares no one, it hits people with intellectual disabilities even harder than most people. In addition to the economic and social challenges they already face, they have to ...

MANILA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has advised Filipinos in Syria to take precautions amid the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime as rebels claimed control of capital Damascus.

ISTANBUL – A court in Italy has ruled that Germany must pay an additional 4 million euros (USD4.2 million) in compensation to relatives of those killed in a Nazi massacre in the village of ...

Russia is already at war with the west. It has been so since its occupation of Crimea in 2014, when Russia sought to secure its access to Sevastopol as a base for its Black Sea Fleet and as a ...

The number of people who read for fun appears to be steadily dropping. Fifty percent of UK adults say they don’t read regularly (up from 42% in 2015) and almost one in four young people aged 16-24 say ...

SEOUL — The World Bank Group unveiled a record $100 billion replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA), marking a significant moment for global development. Alongside this record ...