When police detained an Indonesian teenager accused of bombing his high-school campus in Jakarta in November, he had a life-size toy rifle inscribed with “welcome to hell” and the names of white ...

By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter Philippine banks’ lending growth slowed to a near two-year low in January as outstanding loans continued to expand at a single-digit pace, preliminary central bank data ...

THE BASES Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), in collaboration with the Department of Tourism (DoT), said it aims to highlight the “world-class facilities” in New Clark City (NCC) to boost ...

DESPITE what it called a humanitarian “disaster” in Afghanistan, the US said on Monday international assistance to the country should be evaluated, given Taliban “intransigence” and its exclusion of ...

CONVERGE ICT Solutions, Inc. is targeting a revenue growth of 8% to 10% this year, driven by a strategic network expansion into underserved markets in the Visayas and Mindanao. The listed fiber ...

A HOUSE of Representatives committee will take up on Wednesday a proposal to suspend excise tax collections on petrol, a congressman said on Monday, seeking its swift approval to pave the way for ...

THE PHILIPPINES is looking to discuss measures to improve cross-border trade with its neighbors during the upcoming ASEAN Business Environment Forum (ABEF), citing the need to mitigate the disruptions ...

FIRST GEN CORP. has scaled down its planned investment in the pumped storage hydropower portfolio of Razon-led Prime Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (Prime Infra) to P61.88 billion from the P75 billion ...

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) is unlikely to hike rates in the near term even as oil price shocks due to the ongoing war in the Middle East are expected to weigh on inflation and the peso, ...

ACEN CORP.’S consolidated net income plunged by 60% in 2025 as lower power prices in the spot market and operational headwinds offset a double-digit increase in renewable energy output. The Ayala-led ...

The continued bombing of Iran by the US and Israel has adversely affected oil and gas prices. There is no problem when it comes to the oil and gas supply; the problem is in their delivery and export ...

THREE regional shipping lines are raising passenger and cargo rates by up to 25% following a surge in fuel costs triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which pushed global oil prices above ...