Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said on Wednesday that P85.167 billion worth of smuggled goods was apprehended last year.

PHILIPPINE SHARES may rebound on Thursday on expectations that economic growth picked up in the fourth quarter of 2024. On Tuesday, the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) fell by 0.7% or 43.41 ...

The family is the most fundamental social institution and the foundation of the nation. The Constitution mandates that the ...

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday night said it had sent its biggest ship — the 97-meter BRP Teresa Magbanua — to monitor Chinese vessels near the coast of Zambales province in the country’s ...

A MEASURE setting an alternating tax scheme on tobacco products up to 2035 to curb smuggling and illicit tobacco trade has been approved on second reading in the House of Representatives. In a voice ...

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it is on track to complete the P23.52-billion Samal Island-Davao City connector project by 2028, with the current completion rate reported at ...

THE PHILIPPINE Senate on Tuesday evening approved on second reading a bill that seeks to set up a five-tier margin-based royalty and windfall profit system for the mining industry, which is expected ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said a vaccine for Avian Influenza (AI), or bird flu, could be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by the second quarter, following the completion of ...

EXPORTS of unmanufactured tobacco declined 14.2% to 17.8 million kilograms in 2024, the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) said. By value, exports fell 6.5% in 2024 to $94.59 million. According to ...

PRICE GROWTH of wholesale goods slowed further to a five-year low of 2.5% in 2024 due to a slowdown in food price growth, the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday. The general ...

BERLIN/BANGKOK/LONDON — Field hospitals in Thai refugee camps, landmine clearance in war zones, and drugs to treat millions suffering from diseases such as HIV are among the programs facing the chop ...

Seven more members of the Dawlah Islamiya surrendered to local executives and senior Army officials in Midsayap, North Cotabato on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Donald D. Gumiran, commander of the Army’s 6th ...