Semirara Mining and Power Corp. announced two redundancy programs covering 1,458 employees amid lower coal production targets, mining contract uncertainty and seawater inflows at its Acacia mine. Read more »
Ritual, Ornament, Currency: Gold in Early Asian Cultures, the first-ever international conference dedicated to the study of precolonial Philippine gold will be held at Ayala Museum and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Complex. Read more »
A former rebel finance officer turned over a shotgun and pointed soldiers to a hidden stash of M16 magazines and an explosive in Leon, Iloilo. Read more »
Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC), the Consunji-led company that has operated the Semirara coal mine in Antique for decades, says the DOE's revised bidding rules effectively prevent it from competing for the mine’s next operating contract. Read more »
A Singaporean diplomat told an Ateneo audience that a calm 2026 does not end the US-China contest. Our history shows what happens when the Philippines lets bigger powers decide where the fighting goes. Read more »
A dark giant in an old tree, the smell of tobacco, and a path that keeps looping back on itself. Here’s what Filipino folklore says about the kapre, where its name came from, and what old folks say to do when one takes an interest in you. Read more »
