MANILA: The national government’s budget deficit went down by 39.67 percent in July as revenue growth surpassed the increase in spending, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said.

Data released on Wednesday showed that the budget deficit during the mont…

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday expressed optimism about meeting its target of 1.48 million registered overseas voters for next year’s midterm elections.

‘(We have) a lot of expectations still sa (in the) remaining days of …

MANILA: The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded two more cases of mpox (formerly monkeypox) -one each in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Calabarzon – bringing the total active cases to five.

In a news release, the DOH said both cases have t…

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently requested enhanced security for his son in the US due to concerns over retaliation by Iran following the assassination last month of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in the capital Tehr…

SHARIFF AGUAK: A long-standing ‘rido’ (clan war) in Maguindanao del Sur ended Tuesday afternoon here after mediation initiatives by the Peace, Security, and Reconciliation Office of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PSRO-BARMM) and …

MANILA: The Philippines returned to the international bond market for the second time this year via a three-tranche US dollar-denominated bond offering.

“[It will be] benchmark size and it’s a multi-tranche USD issuance,” National Treasurer Sharon Al…

ISTANBUL: Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of the social media service Facebook and CEO of its parent company Meta, claimed on Tuesday that the Biden administration pressured the company to “censor” specific coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) content duri…

MANILA: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday said it is validating social media reports of a major data breach in its system, days before a new rule to digitize proceedings requiring litigants in lower courts are required to submit digital copies of th…