KABUL, Afghanistan—For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves. She dreams of becoming ...

The cost of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as a diagnostic tool is not the only hindrance for many patients. Anxiety and irritability due to claustrophobia are some of the causes of fear in patients ...

THE increase in commodity prices in July may have been flat due to the continued decline in rice prices, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). In its Month-Ahead inflation forecast, BSP ...

FILIPINOS can expect the Philippine peso to weaken further with the start of the imposition of higher tariffs on the country’s merchandise exports to the United States, according to local economists.

MANILA is targeting to have 13 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) signed before the end of the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

FOREIGN tourist arrivals in the Philippines reached almost 3 million in the first half of 2025, unchanged from the same reference period in 2024. Data from the Department of Tourism (DOT) showed the 2 ...

THE Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DepDev) said P13.3 billion worth of infrastructure projects are classified as “”critical” due to delays and other problems. On Thursday, DepDev ...

MANILA is still negotiating with Washington on some set of rules and conditions beyond market access ahead of the August 1 ...

THE Social Security System (SSS) will raise pensions annually for three straight years starting September 2025—without ...

EIGHT in 10 Filipinos believe that corporations responsible for high levels of pollution should be taxed for the ...

THE agricultural damage due to the combined effects of the southwest monsoon (Habagat) and tropical storms has breached P3 billion, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Thursday. In its latest ...

President Ferdinand Marcos pushed for stronger defense and economic cooperation in his recent phone call with German Chancellor Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz.  The chief executive said he had a ...