Marcos to expand, improve K-to-12 amid Philippine education crisis

PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is looking to “expand and improve” the K-to-12 program, according to the presidential palace, after the President said...

Senators-elect to take oath as impeachment judges under new Senate president

INCOMING senators can only take their oath as judges of the impeachment court that will try Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio once the Senate president, who...

LGUs must boost health infra spending to bridge access gap — CPBRD

THE PHILIPPINE government should push local government units (LGU) to increase spending on health infrastructure in the face of barriers to healthcare access, according...

Sinner remains ice cool as Pegula, Gauff, Zverev join bonfire of seeds

LONDON — World number one Jannik Sinner stayed ice cool to move serenely into the Wimbledon second round but it was a second successive...

Krejcikova pays tribute to Eala after arduous duel

LIKE a Sampaguita, Alexandra “Alex” Eala will bloom to the fullest soon. That is the assurance made by no less than reigning Wimbledon champion Barbora...

Gilas faces tough Macau Bears in tuneup game ahead of Asia Cup

BEFORE embarking on its mission in the FIBA Asia Cup, Gilas Pilipinas will face a tough test against the Macau Bears in a tuneup...

Trump risks voter blowback as ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ advances

THE US SENATE handed President Donald J. Trump a major political victory with its Tuesday passage of a sweeping domestic policy bill, bringing him...

France shuts schools, Italy limits work outdoors in ‘exceptional’ European heatwave

PARIS/MADRID/ROME — Italy limited work outdoors, France shut schools and Turkey battled wildfires on Tuesday in a European heatwave that meteorologists said was “exceptional”...

Manufacturing PMI expands in June

PHILIPPINE factory activity in June expanded at its fastest pace in two months as production rebounded and new orders rose, S&P Global said. The...

Infrastructure spending declines by 28% in April

STATE SPENDING on infrastructure slumped in April due to the election ban on disbursements for public works projects, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said.

More domestic borrowings eyed to fund wider deficit

THE GOVERNMENT is still planning to source additional borrowings from the domestic market to fund the ballooning budget deficit. “We’re still finalizing the details of...

Hotel101 Global seen to drive 90% of DoubleDragon’s business

HOTEL101 GLOBAL HOLDINGS Corp., the newly listed Nasdaq subsidiary of DoubleDragon Corp. (DD), is expected to account for as much as 90% of the...