A SUPREME COURT (SC) ruling striking down local-government mining bans sets a bad precedent for conservation, according to ...

LOCAL government units (LGUs) are prohibited by the Constitution and a 1995 law from declaring blanket bans on mining, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled.

The Bersamin family is back in power in Abra. Former Governor Takit Bersamin reclaimed his seat in a landslide victory, ...

Members of Hong Kong’s financial community crowded into the Foreign Correspondents’ Club on Monday to hear the city’s most famous activist investor David Webb speak at what was labelled a “Farewell ...

Malawi remains one of the poorest countries in the world despite making significant economic and structural reforms to sustain economic growth. The economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, which ...

The economy contracted for the first time in three years, but it doesn’t mean the economy is rushing toward a recession. At least not yet. Gross domestic product, the official scorecard of the ...

Sentiment has fallen for four straight months. The gauge, a key metric of consumer moods about the economy and labor market, stood at 74 in December. Greg Robb is a senior reporter for MarketWatch ...