Damage to the farm and fisheries sector caused by the El Niño-induced dry spell has now reached P8 billion as of March 2, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Bernie G. Fondevilla announced on Wednesday, gmanews.tv reports.

A recent study by the Hong Kong-based business consultation firm Political & Economic Risk Consultancy, Ltd. (PERC) pegged the Philippines as the 4 ^th most corrupt nation out of 16 investment destinations in the Asia-Pacific region, with the inclusion of the United States. This marks a...

The United Nations (UN) elected the Philippines last week to chair a special committee on global peacebuilding and settlement disputes, the Business Mirror reported .

The Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to the 43 health workers currently being detained at Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal, under suspicion of being communist rebels.

The health workers, which includes two doctors, a nurse and a midwife, were arr...

A Californian senator who belongs to the Democratic party revealed yesterday that only 29 percent of Filipino World War II (WWII) veterans have received their lump sum payment from last year's United States (US) stimulus package.

Two paintings of National Artist for Visual Arts Benedicto “BenCab” Cabrera went missing while being shipped from a Los Angeles gallery to Singapore last week. Sold to a gallery in Singapore, the paintings are thought to be stolen .

A Manila court has called for the abolition of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG), which was formed in 2007 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to combat smuggling and unlawful traffic of goods in and out of the country.

According to Judge Silvino Pampilo of the Manila Region...