AMID the rise in trade-restrictive measures and geopolitical uncertainties, the Philippines is ramping up its efforts to forge more free-trade agreements (FTAs) to expand its market access and ...

WASHINGTON—Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: US officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, ...

OSAMU Suzuki, who ran Suzuki Motor Corp., known for its minicars and motorcycles, for five decades and drove the company’s global expansion, has died. He was 94. Suzuki died of lymphoma on December 25 ...

THE Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) emphasized the importance of fostering innovation and collaboration in higher education to enhance the global competitiveness of Filipino students and ...

Pope Francis on December 24 inaugurated the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome. One of the symbolic images of every Jubilee is ...

Hanukkah—also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew—is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional ...

JANUARY means back to serious work for Paris 2024 Olympics double gold medalist gymnast Carlos Yulo. His thoughts, like his impeccable skills that won him the floor exercise and vault gold medals in ...

Luisito Mendoza, a Lalamove delivery man from Valenzuela, boarded his motorcycle to deliver a pata (braised pork) dish in Quezon City. It was already 11 pm, close to Christmas, but Luisito did not ...

Mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc., (Smart) is pulling out all the stops as it showcases how it empowers subscribers via the Smart 5G Max Experience, happening on Dec. 14, Saturday, ...

A FILIPINO domestic helper was arrested in Kuwait for the death of her child ward after putting her inside a washing machine. The Philippine Embassy in Kuwait said it is "shocked and deeply saddened ...

Businessman Gerry Santos of the popular Mr. Freeze Tube Ice, did not inherit the tube ice business from his dad, Manny Santos. When he was only five years old, Gerry’s father started out as an ice ...

VIENTIANE, Laos—Southeast Asian foreign ministers and top diplomats from key partners including the United States and China were gathering in the Laotian capital on Thursday for the start of three ...