PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASTHE Commission on Audit (CoA) has filed four more fraud audit reports with the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), citing more than P351 million in fully paid flood control projects in Bulacan that either do not exist or failed to meet government

COTABATO CITY — The Philippine flag and the Bangsamoro banner are both raised half-mast in the Bangsamoro capitol in honor of Speaker Pangalian Ali M. Balindong who died from an illness early Thursday. He was 85 years old.Members of the regional lawmaking body and the

154 charged in Sept. 21 protest - BusinessWorld Online                                    A GROUP of young demonstrators staged a violent act along Ayala Bridge near the Malacañang compound on

Court convicts Napoles of money laundering - BusinessWorld Online                                    PHILIPPINE STAR/BOY SANTOSTHE PASIG Regional Trial Court (RTC) on Wednesday found Janet Lim Napoles, the so-called pork

BSP OKs emergency withdrawals - BusinessWorld Online                                    BW FILE PHOTOTHE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has instructed banks in the province of Masbate to allow emergency

PHL state insurers offer up to P40,000 loan for disaster-hit areas - BusinessWorld Online                                    THE Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Rosa de Lima in Daanbantayan, Cebu sustained

Comelec proclaims 3 new lawmakers - BusinessWorld Online                                    PHILIPPINE STAR/KJ ROSALES THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc, in its role as the National Board of

RAWPIXEL.COM-FREEPIKTHE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said that it would take at least a year to implement blockchain technology to support transparency in budget transactions.Asked by Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” A. Aquino IV how long it would take to fully implement blockchain technology

Justice chief dismisses disbarment case as ‘forum shopping’ - BusinessWorld Online                                    JESUS CRISPIN C. REMULLA — PHILIPPINE STAR/JOHN RYAN BALDEMORJUSTICE SECRETARY Jesus Crispin C. Remulla on

BAGUIO CITY — Party-list Rep. Terry L. Ridon criticized Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong on Thursday, accusing him of being a hypocrite for rejecting scrutiny of a city project linked to a controversial contractor.Mr. Ridon said Mr. Magalong should not avoid questions if he

P9.5-M cigarettes seized in Maguindanao del Norte - BusinessWorld Online                                    AN ILLUSTRATION picture shows cigarettes in their pack, Oct. 8, 2014. — REUTERS/CHRISTIAN HARTMANN/ ILLUSTRATION/FILE PHOTOCOTABATO CITY

BW FILE PHOTOPHILIPPINE SHARES edged higher Thursday as bargain hunting continued and as the peso rose further against the dollar, with positive sentiment from Wall Street on expectations of more rate cuts spilling over to the local market.The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) inched up