Small-scale fishers have called on lawmakers to swiftly pass a proposed law seeking to restore their exclusive rights over the country’s municipal waters—15 ...

THE marine conservation watchdog Oceana has strongly opposed the plan of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to open municipal ...

Listed construction company EEI Corp. has bought out First Orient International Ventures Corp., which operates the former ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck near the Eastern Visayas region in the Philippines on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck near the ...

Bogo (Philippines) (AFP) – The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose to at least 69 on Wednesday, a disaster official said, with scores of injured patients overwhelming ...

Anti-money laundering council orders immediate freeze of accounts linked to scams Freeze orders had been made for the assets of key officials linked to flood-controversial control projects (clockwise, ...

More than 10,000 people sheltered in schools and evacuation centres in the Philippines on Monday as heavy rains and gale-force winds from Super Typhoon Ragasa lashed the country’s far north. The ...

MANILA: The Philippines and Taiwan ordered evacuations on Sunday (Sep 21) ahead of possible flooding and landslides as Super Typhoon Ragasa approached, gaining strength on its way to an eventual ...

MANILA : The Philippine central bank has tightened the noose on large cash withdrawals, ordering banks to conduct "enhanced due diligence" for transactions exceeding 500,000 pesos ($8,748.75) in an ...

Indigenous land in the Philippines is being threatened by developers looking to capitalise on the country’s growing tourism industry, despite legal protections aimed at stopping exploitation.

MANILA – The Philippines loses up to 70 per cent of government funds for flood-control projects to corruption, with losses as much as US$2 billion (S$2.58 billion) crimping economic growth in the past ...