As Filipinos prepare for another long weekend ahead, the Department of Labor and Employment is reminding employers to observe the pay rules on Friday for Eid’l Fitr, a holiday marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Stocks closed lower Tuesday following new worries about Europe's debt problems. Treasury prices rose and gold settled at a new high as investors sought out safe assets.
The Pag-IBIG Fund on Tuesday said it has started the proceedings to blacklist real estate developer Globe Asiatique Realty Holdings Corporation for allegedly scamming at least P6.6 billion in housing loan proceeds.
The Energy Department announced on Monday the appointment of investment banker Emmanuel R.
The local travel agency that accommodated the 21 Hong Kong tourists who were held hostage - eight of them killed - by a dismissed policeman last August 23 reported that its business has been severely affected by the tragedy.
SINGAPORE - Stocks in Asia advanced Monday following solid gains in the US as fears eased that the global economy could slip back into recession.
Abaca fiber production from January to July this year went up almost 5 percent to 29,562.6 metric tons from a year earlier, according to Fiber Industry Development Authority.
A businesswoman on Saturday escaped a kidnapping attempt on her in Sultan Kudarat province in southern Philippines by breaking free from two of her five fully armed would-be abductors.
Mining operations at the largest untapped copper and gold reserves in Southeast Asia still haven't started, and environmental advocates are doing all they can to forestall the Tampakan project in Mindanao.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $400-million loan of the Philippine government that would finance its conditional cash-transfer (CCT) program, locally known as the “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.”