LONDON – Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Sunday proposed a redress scheme for consumers with motor finance compensation claims following last week’s Supreme Court ruling, estimating the ...

DUBAI – Iran’s top security body approved the establishment of a National Defense Council on Sunday, according to state media, following a short air war with Israel in June that was Iran’s most acute ...

WASHINGTON – White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, pushing back against criticism that Trump’s action could ...

It had been months since Alex and Lucy, a trans couple from Arizona, felt safe enough to hold hands in public. They rediscovered that pleasure after moving to Amsterdam this year. The couple, who did ...

SINGAPORE/BAGHDAD – China’s independent oil companies are ramping up operations in Iraq, investing billions of dollars in OPEC’s number two producer even as some global majors have scaled back from a ...

If we want a more competitive and equitable Philippines, we must begin with a tax system that rewards productivity, empowers small businesses, and invites responsible foreign investment.

THE PHILIPPINES may have lost its edge in the US market as the US imposed a similar 19% tariff on imports from Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand, analysts said.

Education Secretary Sonny Angara recently stated that given the current budget and the growing classroom shortage, it could take up to 30 years to fully address public school congestion. Given this, ...

This essay is a response to a Manila Standard column written by dear friend and colleague Tony La Viña, titled “Inconvenient truth about impeachment” (Aug. 1). Tony’s essay is actually a series where ...

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is working on further refining their economic surveillance tools to better capture data and enhance policymaking, an official said. The central bank is shifting ...

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS of doing good is something worth celebrating. And there’s no better way to mark it than by finding even more ways to be of service to others. Toyota Motor Philippines Foundation (TMP ...

HEADLINE INFLATION likely fell to a near six-year low in July due to softer prices of food and fuel, analysts said.