BACOLOD: Higher mill gate prices of sugar have brought ‘big relief’ to farmers amid the challenges posed by the drought due to El Niño to sugarcane plantations.

After hitting PHP2,600 per 50-kg. bag in February, prices went even higher, breaching the…

MANILA: Tennis’ Alex Eala and football’s Sarina Bolden were named Athletes of the Year of the inaugural Women in Sports Awards which will be held Wednesday night at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila.

Eala, 18, bagged the women’s singles and mixed dou…

MANILA: State-run Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) recorded a 42-percent growth in the value of digital transactions last year.

In a statement on Tuesday, LandBank said it facilitated a total of PHP8.8 trillion digital transactions in 2023 fro…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday expressed optimism that the actions taken by the Philippines and the United States (US) will be successful in lowering the tension in the Indo-Pacific region.

Marcos made the statement during his m…

ILOILO: The massive anti-drugs campaign in Western Visayas has yielded suspected shabu with an estimated street value of about PHP46.12 million and marijuana worth PHP10,320 in a month.

Data from the Police Regional Office (PRO) 6 (Western Visayas) s…

MANILA: Prices of fish are expected to increase as the Holy Week approaches, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Tuesday.

In an interview, Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said the price hike may be felt in wet markets, even more, st…