Benigno Aquino

Filipinos are increasingly forced to tighten their belts in the wake of a continued high inflation rate which reached 6.4 per cent in August...

Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte unveiled a 10-point agenda for economic growth in the country last week which aims at sustaining the average GDP growth...

The Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte will allow the "immediate burial" of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos at a heroes' cemetery in Manila. “I will allow the...

Amid doubts whether the Philippines' new president Rodrigo Duterte has an economic strategy for the country when he takes over from Benigno Aquino, who...

Controversial presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte took over a commanding lead after May 9 polls closed in the Philippines. At publishing time and about 40 per...

Philippine presidential hopeful Rodrigo Duterte could possibly be faced with a coup d'etat in case he wins the May 9 election, opponents have warned....

In the first public debate organised among presidential candidates in the Philippines in 24 years, all five candidates on February 21 outlined their programmes...

Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte, 70, mayor of Davao City, in a new survey was the top-rated contender in the 2016 elections for 38 per...

Senator Grace Poe, according to latest surveys one favorite to succeed Benigno Aquino III as president of the Philippines, was barred on December 1...

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, in his first public comments since announcing on October 5 he would run...

Philippine President Benigno Aquino has ordered the construction of a third runway at Manila's main international airport to ease air traffic congestion in one...

The Philippines has shifted away from setting a target date for its plan to be completely self-sufficient in the production of rice, a senior...

Philippine officials will meet next week to consider more rice imports and ending a subsidy for farmers to cut debt at the National Food...

The Philippines may offer about $750 million in global bonds in 2015, half the overseas debt it sold this year as the nation continues...

8990 Holdings Inc., the largest builder of affordable homes in the Philippines, targets to boost profit by 45 per cent this year amid a...

Rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has again upgraded the Philippines' credit rating to two notches above junk status, as the debt watcher expects...

Hong Kong on April 23 scrapped travel sanctions against the Philippines after Manila offered an apology and compensation for a hostage tragedy almost four...

San Miguel Corp, the Philippines' largest business conglomerate, is planning to present a proposal to the government soon to build a $10 billion airport...