VENEZUELA’S government and the US embassy said on Monday that interim President Delcy Rodriguez met with US envoy Laura Dogu, as the two countries gradually resume bilateral relations broken in 2019.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo will send its first team to monitor a ceasefire between Congo’s government and the AFC/M23 rebel group in the coming days, Qatar’s foreign ministry ...

SM OFFICES, the commercial property arm of SM Prime Holdings, Inc., has earned its sixth LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) Gold certification with its 15-storey FiveE-com Center in ...

OFF-GRID POWER supplier DMCI Power Corp. (DPC) is earmarking at least P2.4 billion in capital expenditure (capex) for 2026 to start construction on power projects aimed at meeting rising demand in its ...

FINANCE SECRETARY Frederick D. Go said the government plans to spend P1.44 trillion this quarter as part of catch-up efforts to support the economy after last year’s growth slowdown.

The Philippines’ money market, particularly for repurchase agreement (repo) contracts, is growing rapidly and could potentially surpass the foreign exchange (FX) swaps, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ...

VIVANT SOLENERGY Anilao Corp., a subsidiary of Vivant Energy Corp., is proposing a P6.2-billion hybrid solar farm in Anilao, Iloilo, to add renewable energy capacity to the Visayas grid. In its filing ...

Bad Bunny, the Latino rap star whose forthcoming Super Bowl gig has ignited a culture wars controversy, won the top Grammy prize on Sunday, a first for a Spanish-language album, with Debí Tirar Más ...

Diosdado “Dado” Banatao, a Silicon Valley giant as the  Founding Father of Personal Computer Hardware, was a most practical but quiet nationalist who deserves recognition as a Philippine hero in the ...

US PRESIDENT Donald J. Trump said on Sunday he planned to close the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts for two years for reconstruction starting in July. The national arts and ...

FITCH SOLUTIONS unit BMI has kept its 2026 growth forecast for the Philippines despite the last year’s miss as it expects public and private investments to recover. BMI sees the Philippine economy ...

METRO MANILA’S condominium market is expected to see residential vacancy rise to 25% this year as unsold units in mid- and lower mid-income segments continue to weigh on the market, property ...