Philippine coal imports: reut.rs/1Puay2k By Erik dela Cruz MANILA, Aug 24 Plans to boost the Philippines' coal-fired power capacity by more than 25 percent in just three years will be a cheap solut

Philippine army helicopters on Monday airlifted food, water and relief supplies to thousands of families who fled their homes during a typhoon as more bodies were pulled out from under landslides,

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has increased by almost six times the proposed budget of its agricultural research agency in 2016 to push for the promotion of science-based agricultural developm

BACOLOD CITY: More than 2,000 people in Negros Occidental were affected by heavy rains and floods brought by Typhoon Hanna, the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) said in its

AN estimated 11.2 million Filipino families see themselves as poor, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted in the second quarter of the year.

Asia’s largest Catholic country has mobilised after the pope’s warning to tackle climate change, promising to gather 10m signatures for a petition that will be handed to world leaders at a Paris cl

Over the last seven years, natural disasters have displaced one person every second.

Nearly 20 million people were forced to flee their homes due to floods, storms and earthquakes last year, a problem likely to worsen due to climate change, but which could be eased by better constr

THE Philippine Solar Producers Association (PSPA) has expressed strong opposition to the move to impose installation caps on solar and wind projects.

MANILA, July 17 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed and six others were missing after a coal mine collapsed in Semirara Island in the central Philippine province of Antique on Friday due