MANILA: Listed firm SM Investments Corp. (SMIC) will focus its expansion in the provinces, helping the government to trickle down the country’s strong economic growth.

During SMIC’s annual stockholders’ meeting in Pasay City on Wednesday, SMIC presid…

MANILA: Listed firm SM Investments Corp. (SMIC) will focus its expansion in the provinces, helping the government to trickle down the country’s strong economic growth.

During SMIC’s annual stockholders’ meeting in Pasay City on Wednesday, SMIC presid…

MANILA: Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros is calling for an immediate ban on the operation of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation (POGO) in the country, saying human trafficking is part of its business model.

Hontiveros made the statemen…

MANILA: The national government’s budget deficit narrowed to PHP195.9 billion in March this year from PHP210.3 billion a year ago, data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) released on Wednesday showed.

The BTr said the lower budget gap during the m…

MANILA: The national government’s budget deficit narrowed to PHP195.9 billion in March this year from PHP210.3 billion a year ago, data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) released on Wednesday showed.

The BTr said the lower budget gap during the m…

MANILA: Jon Garry Venancio quickly piles up bamboo poles beside a small nipa hut he is building for a customer.

It is 5 p.m. and his work for the day is already done.

Venancio is a mountain farmer who moonlights as a carpenter, especially in the pas…

BACOLOD CITY: A team from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Mines and Geosciences Bureau-Western Visayas (DENR-MGB Region 6) is conducting a vulnerability and risk assessment (VRA) here as part of the process to update the city’s geo…

BACOLOD CITY: A team from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Mines and Geosciences Bureau-Western Visayas (DENR-MGB Region 6) is conducting a vulnerability and risk assessment (VRA) here as part of the process to update the city’s geo…