A group of tobacco farmers from the Ilocos region on Tuesday called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to initiate programs that would help them shift to alternative crops, citing increasing capi...

L ast week, a top official of poll automation project’s local partner Total Information Management (TIM) got calls from a well-connected businessman. A source familiar with the poll autom...

S ome 60 journalists from Manila and Mindanao were held for more than an hour this morning in Guindolongan, Maguindanao by elements of the Bravo Company of the 46th Infantry Battalion. The journa...

A group of UK-based companies expressed readiness to develop long-term partnerships with Filipino firms to invest in renewable energy and other carbon market-related businesses. British experts u...

(AP) — MANILA, Philippines - The president of the Philippines has placed herself under voluntary quarantine after returning from a 13-day trip to countries affected by swine flu-despite the fa...

Sheila and Abaya Fashion, one among the Signature Events of Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) 2009 continued its glamorous showcase of traditional fashion at BurJuman on June 29.

Philippine external debt in the first quarter declined 4 percent on year to 52.5 billion U.S. dollars on foreign exchange adjustments and higher investment in the country's debt papers, the Philippine...

Some 5,000-strong students and young professionals could not wait until the massive protest action scheduled Friday to demonstrate their protest against the proposed constituent assembly (con-ass) as ...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine government has given partners of a joint venture that won a $150 million bid to automate next year's elections until Friday to patch up their differences, the electio...

(AFP)--Attempts to automate next year's Philippine elections to make voting faster and less corrupt were thrown into disarray after a contractor abruptly pulled out of the project, officials said Tu...