Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Thursday that Philippine Airlines has agreed to cut the frequency of flights to Boracay amid the government’s goal of limiting the number of people in the island resort.

Customers of West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. should brace for higher water bills in October as the MWSS granted the company's petitions for rate adjustments.

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as Apple led a rebound in technology shares and trade worries eased after China said it was open to fresh talks with the United States.

Bayan Muna party-list Representative Carlos Zarate on Thursday accused telecommunication companies of violating the Free Mobile Disaster Alerts Law due to the supposedly delayed text alerts providing information about Typhoon Ompong.

Despite the rising inflation and peso depreciation, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) says there is a P0.15 per kWh decrease in overall electricity rates in September.

The Philippine peso rebounded on Thursday, albeit still at the P54:$1 level, as trade concerns between the United States and China eased.  

Customs Commissioners Isidro Lapeña said Thursday the Bureau of Customs (BOC) is not delaying the release of rice importations, which allegedly blamed for the spike in the price of the commodity.  

Anakpawis party-list Representative Ariel Casilao on Thursday said the National Food Authority Council should be restructured and overhauled, not abolished as what President Rodrigo Duterte suggested.  

TOKYO -- Asian shares won a reprieve on Thursday as news the Trump administration has reached out to China for a new round of trade talks raised hopes a deal could be struck in the bitter tariff dispute between the world's two biggest economies.

The Dow and S&P 500 ended slightly higher on Wednesday after news of a fresh round of U.S.-China trade talks, while the Nasdaq fell following a decline in Apple as it unveiled larger iPhones but made just minor changes to its offerings.

DTI Undersecretary Ruth Castelo said they were able to convince the manufacturers in a meeting on August 17 to hold off price increases for food items including canned sardines, canned meat, coffee, milk, instant noodles, bread, salt, soy sauce, fish sauce, vinegar, bottled water and candles.

National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Jason Aquino has gone on leave after President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he was looking to replace Aquino amid the shortage of cheap state-subsidized NFA rice.

The Agricultural Committee of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce Industry, Inc. (PCCI) urged the government to implement policies that would address the impact of inflation on the price of sugar.

Share prices on the Philippine Stock Exchange lost for the sixth straight session on Wednesday, as the peso finally broke the P54:$1 and foreign funds continued to sell stock positions.  

Progressive lawmakers from the House of Representatives on Wednesday filed a joint resolution providing for a supplemental P10-billion for the National Food Authority (NFA) in order to address the rice crisis in the country.

The Philippine peso slipped beyond the P54:$1 level on Wednesday, its worst showing in nearly 13 years, weighed by concerns about the state of global trade.  

Cebu Pacific opened its much lauded Piso Sale flight promo on Wednesday for the period of June 1 to September 13, 2019.

Asian stocks were pinned near 14-month lows on Wednesday, as investor confidence was chilled by the latest round of verbal threats in an intensifying US-China trade conflict.

Investment opportunities now exist in the Asia Pacific region to meet the $8.4 trillion in funding required by the transport sector until 2030, the Asian Development Bank  said Wednesday.  

President Rodrigo Duterte has blamed workers going on strike to protest unfair labor practices for the lack of foreign investors in the country.

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday said that the Senate will look at the House version of the measure providing for the second package of the government's tax reform program at Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's request.

US stocks were little changed on Tuesday, as gains in technology stocks helped the Nasdaq regain footing and curbed losses in the materials and industrials sectors due to fears of an escalation in Sino-US trade spat.

Amid the rice supply problems in the country, Senator Loren Legarda on Tuesday called on the Department of Agriculture to curb or at least lessen rice “wastage” as a result of poor handling and storage.  

The Philippine trade deficit swelled by 171.7 percent to $3.55 billion in July 2018, from a gap of $1.31 billion a year earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Tuesday.

Investors on the Philippine Stock Exchange trooped to the sidelines, during the morning session Tuesday, to wait for President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement in the afternoon, keeping share prices in a downtrend.

An official of Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. on Tuesday downplayed the 6.4-percent inflation rate in August, but emphasized that food inflation is a more alarming cause of higher prices in the country.    

Asian shares were struggling to snap an eight-session losing streak on Tuesday as investors decided no news was good news on tariffs, while the pound touched a five-week top on hints a Brexit deal might be nearer.

The Philippine National Railways resumed its Sangandaan, Caloocan-FTI Taguig route on Monday, to the delight of passengers.

EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said Monday it was «realistic» to expect an agreement on a divorce deal with London within the next eight weeks, striking an optimistic note as the clock ticks down to Britain's departure from the bloc.

US stocks mostly edged higher on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rebounding to snap a four-day losing streak, although a drop in Apple kept gains in check.

Some retailers admitted that they could not sell five kilograms of NFA rice per customer because of limited supplies.

US stock indexes were higher on Monday, boosted by the consumer discretionary sector and as hopes for a new round of tax cuts overshadowed fears of an escalation in the Sino-US trade war.

China will respond if the United States takes any new steps on trade, the foreign ministry said on Monday, after President Donald Trump warned he was ready to slap tariffs on virtually all Chinese imports into the United States.

A Catholic bishop on Monday challenged President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration to lower the 6.4 percent inflation rate and prices of basic goods for the sake of Filipinos who earn minimum and below minimum wage.

Japanese gaming tycoon Kazuo Okada has asked a Parañaque court to order his reinstatement to the chairmanship and directorship of the operator of the Okada Manila casino resort and hotel complex.