A CONSOLIDATED BILL providing for subsidized rent in aid of relocating informal settler households was approved at committee level in the House of Representatives.

THE PHILIPPINE delegation to a trade show in China last month generated $462 million in export sales commitments and onsite bookings for food products, or almost three times the overall target.

ANOTHER three coronavirus vaccine developers have been approved by the ethics review board for clinical trial, the Department of Health (DoH) announced Monday.

AN IMPEACHMENT complaint has been filed against Supreme Court Associate Justice Mario Victor F. Leonen at the House of Representatives.

TOURISM workers affected by the closure or scaled-down operations of establishments can now avail of financial help through the expanded aid program under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, the Department of Tourism (DoT) announced Monday.

But the year 2020 has been a bizarre year for all of us. These last few months made what was unthinkable, tangible and real. We now live in a world that’s not merely complicated but tightly interrelated and complex.

Prior to the elections of 2020, America was universally considered the land of free and clean elections, citadel of the institutions of democracy, and sanctuary of the democratic process and its values. There was a time — from the emergence of Ramon Magsaysay in the political scene to the installation of the brilliant and eloquent Ferdinand Marcos as president — when Philippine politics and the electoral process mirrored those of America. But Mr. Marcos corrupted them to stay in power.

During the BusinessWorld Economic Forum with the theme “Forecast 2021: Reboot, Rethink, Reshape” which ran on Nov. 25-26, the government’s Build, Build, Build program and the construction sector as a path to post-COVID-19 economic recovery were among the topics highlighted. National Economic and Development Authority Director General Karl Chua and Ayala Corp. CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala had partly mentioned this.

WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to impose sanctions on at least a dozen Chinese officials over their alleged role in Beijing’s disqualification of elected opposition legislators in Hong Kong, according to three sources, including a US official familiar with the matter.

BENGALURU — Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer by volume, has sought emergency use authorization in the country for AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, its chief executive officer said on Monday.

APART from team effort, experience in big games has been paying dividends for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings as they make their final assault on the PBA Philippine Cup title.

THE second professional sports summit organized by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) was successfully held on Saturday.