Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said a reenacted national budget for 2026 would hurt the economy and derail its transition to a higher income tier.

A common guiding principle across accounting, law, and tax is the concept of “substance over form.” That is, the economic reality of a transaction must prevail over its legal form. While this may be ...

THE GOVERNMENT signaled its readiness to take over Siquijor Island Power Corp. (Sipcor), the province’s sole power generator, if Sipcor proves unable to deliver continuous power, energy officials said ...

THE GOVERNMENT now has 230 public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the pipeline valued at P2.86 trillion, including facilities for the Philippine Space Agency to conduct space launches and ...

THE Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) said it is adding horizontal projects to its social housing portfolio to address complaints about the high cost of tower units.

THE DEPARTMENT of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Wednesday signed partnership agreements with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and social media app TikTok for a campaign against the trafficking ...

AN EDUCATION advocacy group on Wednesday urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to turn his reform pledges into tangible action by boosting funding, decentralizing policies and fixing inefficiencies ...

THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Wednesday said that it has yet to receive demands from Houthi rebels holding captive nine Filipino seafarers, whose ship they attacked and sank last month.

A RETIRED Supreme Court (SC) magistrate on Wednesday said the tribunal should have held hearings on a lawsuit seeking to throw out the impeachment case against Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio ...

MITSUI O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Magsaysay Maritime Corp., through the MOL Magsaysay Maritime Academy Inc. (MMMA), signed on Wednesday an agreement with five Japanese national institutes of ...

THE House of Representatives began electing chairmen for its 84 committees on late Tuesday, with lawmakers confirming the leadership of the chamber’s influential ways and means and appropriations ...

TWO measures seeking to revitalize the country’s shipbuilding industry were filed at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. House Bill (HB) No. 2597 aims to boost the domestic shipbuilding sector ...