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A HOUSE of Representatives committee on Thursday approved a bill that seeks to grant a P200 across-the-board wage increase for private-sector workers, nudging the bill forward after it was mothballed ...

The Philippine authorities are pushing for tougher anti-espionage laws after the recent arrest of a suspected Chinese spy ...

The House Committee on Labor and Employment on Thursday approved a substitute bill mandating a PHP200 daily across-the-board ...

The House of Representatives has approved two major bills on education—one making financial aid accessible to more private school students and another amending the K-to-12 basic education program.

IN the grand, often bewildering economic theater of the Philippines, where the script seems to shift from comedy to drama with the regularity of the morning sun, we find ourselves in early 2025, ...

THE Marcos Jr. administration has allocated nearly one-fifth of the national budget for pork barrel in the past three years, according to a public finance analyst. In an online discussion by Freedom ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a second $500 million (roughly P29.2-billion) loan for the disaster-prone ...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final reading a bill that will create a new charter for the ...

The House of Representatives approved on second reading a bill aimed at rationalizing excise tax rates on tobacco and vapor ...

Granted final House passage on the strength of 199 affirmative votes during nominal voting was House Bill (HB) No.11230, or ...

Nasdaq posted its biggest one-day percentage drop since Dec. 18 on Monday as a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model ...