WATCH | House committee OKs tax reform package; ACT partylist lawmaker points out the...
MANILA, Philippines - Is there a win-win situation when it comes to designing a tax system? The Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) bill recently approved...
UK’s Prince Philip to step down from royal duties
LONDON - Prince Philip, the 95-year-old husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, will retire from carrying out royal engagements later this year, Buckingham Palace announced...
Atong Ang in league with destabilizers or avenging blow to his, Lam’s business: Aguirre
Gaming consultant Charlie "Atong" Ang is either working with "destabilizers" against the Duterte administration, or is being used by Macau-based tycoon Jack Lam in revenge for the Justice department's crackdown on his Fontana business.
Greg Smith reaches agreement to soon play for Gilas
It's now official: Former NBA veteran and Blackwater import Greg Smith has reached an agreement to become the next naturalized player of the Philippine...
Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards winner bets – and ”yields’ success – on organic farming
A former city-based employee decided to return to his native Tanauan City in Batangas and try to make something profitable out of his 28-hectare farm. Renato Mercado, one of the Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards winners, bet on organic farming and subsequently also became a wholesaler of organic fertilizer.
Palace confirms ERC chair Salazar placed under preventive suspension
Malacañang on Thursday confirmed the suspension order issued by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea against Energy Regulatory Commission chair Jose Vicente Salazar.
PH cooperatives oppose House bill seeking to lift tax exemptions on their operations
Cooperatives all over the country are up in arms over a proposed bill that seeks to lift the tax exemption on their operations.
Chinese scientists make quantum leap in computing
Chinese scientists have built the world's first quantum computing machine that goes far beyond the early classical -- or conventional -- computers, paving the way to the ultimate realization of quantum computing.
ARAY KO! | Celebs who are single moms or whose kin are solo parents...
Showbiz personalities and Pinoy netizens took to Twitter their disgust and disappointment over Sen. Tito Sotto’s alleged belittling of Department of Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo for being a single parent.
Celtics’ Isaiah Thomas draws inspiration from sister’s death
Isaiah Thomas has been the Boston Celtics' best player all season but the point guard has ramped up his production in the playoffs despite...
WATCH | Amid a stressful day, Bato sings ‘Have I told You Lately’ as...
Is singing the great stress reliever? It appears to be so at least for two popular government personalities.
Crude Trump-Putin joke triggers attacks and support for TV’s Colbert
The bleeped oral sex joke referenced Trump's oft-stated admiration for Putin during the 2016 election campaign.
Brad Pitt says he quit drinking, in therapy after split with Angelina Jolie
He admitted to heavy drinking and pot smoking and a lifetime of cutting himself off emotionally from others.
Poe to quiz ex-DOTr execs on P3.8-B ‘unusable’ MRT coaches from China
Former Department of Transportation officials will be invited to a Senate investigation into the “unusable” PHP3.8-billion coaches of the Metro Rail Transit 3, Sen. Grace Poe said Wednesday.
WATCH | From saying one needs to let go, Gina Lopez sings ‘I Believe...
After the Commission on Appointments let her go, DENR chief Gina Lopez raised her arms, closed her eyes, sang American singer R. Kelly's 1997 hit "I Believe I Can Fly" and then asked her supporters to sing with her.