Manila - The Philippines' year-on-year inflation rate jumped to a nine-year high of 9.6 per cent in May due to continuing hikes in food and oil prices, the government said Thursday.
Manila - Three government troops were killed Wednesday in an attack by communist rebels in a remote town in an eastern Philippine province, a military report said.
Manila - Six out of 10 Filipinos believe the Philippine economy has slipped into a recession amid spiraling food and oil prices, a consumer confidence survey showed on Wednesday.
Manila - Asia-Pacific energy experts, policymakers and project developers on Tuesday called for massive new investments in clean energy amid spiraling costs for oil and coal and the growing threat
