PHILIPPINE STAR/ RUSSEL PALMATHE wholesale price of construction materials in Metro Manila contracted to a nearly 16-year low in July, with concrete products driving the decline, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a report.Citing preliminary data, the construction materials wholesale price index (CMWPI) in the National

SCREENSHOT of a China Coast Guard ship chasing Philippine boats carrying out a Kadiwa operation for Filipino vessels in Scarborough Shoal on Aug. 12. — PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD/JAY TARRIELABy Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio and Adrian H. Halili, ReportersTHE PHILIPPINE military will hold a strategic conference

A worker inspects peso bills inside a money changer in Manila. — REUTERSTHE PHILIPPINE government should stick to its fiscal consolidation plan and temper spending to ease fiscal strain, a congressional think tank said, warning that the country is “borrowing its way to growth.”In an

President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. At a press conference during the launch of the “Sumbong sa Pangulo” website in Malacañan Palace on Aug. 11. — PHILIPPINE STAR/NOEL B. PABALATETHE GOVERNMENT will enforce a stricter vetting process for contractors handling flood control projects, Malacañang said on

A person holds cards near a keyboard, chips and dice in this illustration picture. — REUTERS/DADO RUVIC/ILLUSTRATIONBy Chloe Mari A. Hufana, ReporterTHE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has barred officials and employees of its central and field office, attached agencies, and local

Signal No. 1 up in Batanes — PAGASA - BusinessWorld Online                                    TYPHOON GORIO (PODUL) 5:00 PM, 12 August 2025 — FACEBOOK.COM/PAGASA.DOST.GOV.PHTHE PHILIPPINE weather bureau on Tuesday

Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro and Japanese Ambassador ENDO Kazuya exchanged the diplomatic notes on the entry into force of the Philippines-Japan Reciprocal Access Agreement — DFATHE Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) between the Manila and Tokyo is scheduled to take effect on

PHOTO BY MIKE GONZALEZA COALITION of citizens, taxpayers, overseas Filipino worker (OFW) organizations, and Manila airport staff asked the Philippine Supreme Court to void the government’s public-private partnership (PPP) deal with San Miguel Corp.’s New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC), alleging it grants unconstitutional authority to

DICT kicks off National Fiber Backbone phases 4 and 5 - BusinessWorld Online                                    STOCK PHOTO | Image from FreepikTHE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has

Cha-cha pushed over ‘vague’ provisions - BusinessWorld Online                                    PCOOAMENDING the 1987 Philippine Constitution would prevent recurring legal disputes and reduce reliance on the Supreme Court to