AT LEAST 18 multinational drug companies have agreed to cut prices after a government plan to put a ceiling on the prices of patented medicines amid rising health care costs.

ABOUT P53 million worth of gas oil with paid taxes amounting to P405.4 million was dosed with official fuel marker as part of a Customs initiative to deter smuggling.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte’s health is stable after he complained of unbearable back pain that prompted him to cut his Japan trip short this week, the presidential palace said on Thursday.

TOP teams headline action at the Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup today as league-leading TNT KaTropa stake their unbeaten record against the second-running NLEX Road Warriors in the 7 p.m. main game at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

HOUSTON -- Kurt Suzuki smacked a tie-breaking home run, and the Washington Nationals took complete advantage of a seventh-inning collapse by the Houston Astros to post a 12-3 victory in Game 2 of the World Series on Wednesday.

IN AN EFFORT to sustain the growth of the Philippine esports industry, gaming network meta.us encourages more brands to invest in the space and support amateur players through its online platform.

THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) industry is set to pilot educational programs to reskill and upskill 1 million workers over five years to adapt to automation.

THE PROPOSAL to extend employees’ probation period to two years from the current six months has no chance of approval in the Senate, Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III said on Wednesday.

ILOILO CITY -- Minimum wage rates in Western Visayas are expected to increase before the end of the year following the regional board’s approval.

FOR MEMBERS of the LGBTQ community, coming out of the metaphorical closet is the first step into a new life, and it makes the difference between merely surviving and really living. In coming out, someone steps out of the smoke and shadows they’ve wrapped around themselves. It’s not an easy step, and it always takes years of self-examination, and of course, it comes with the fears of rejection, and several hard questions for yourself and others.

PANAY ELECTRIC Co., Inc. (PECO) is allocating about P1.1 billion in the next 10 years to upgrade and expand its existing facilities, including the construction of new substations and the replacement of its meters with “smart” ones, a company official said.

ON A recent trip to Iloilo, Jeannie Javelosa, chief visionary officer of GREAT Women (the acronym for Gender-Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women) — a platform that supports women for economic empowerment through microenterprises — visited a weaving community and noticed that production speed was slow. The older weavers said that poor eyesight made it difficult to work.