PALO, Leyte—Education officials in the Yolanda-battered province of Leyte assured the public that there would be no more classes to be held inside tents in...

TACLOBAN CITY—­Private-sector workers in typhoon Yolanda-weary Eastern Visayas will receive salary increases based on the new wage structure implemented effective May 1, Labor Day. According...

TACLOBAN CITY—Businessmen in Yolanda-hit Eastern Visayas urge the national government to seriously push its build-back-better programs in devastated areas by reviving tourism through better infrastructure...

While stranded Filipino workers welcomed the amnesty granted by the  Sultanate of Oman, a migrant rights group  lambasted the Aquino administration for not having its...

TACLOBAN CITY—At least 21 farmers in Leyte on Thursday decided to claim their rights to their land from which they were driven out by typhoon...

TACLOBAN CITY—Some 6,786 local and overseas job openings will be available on May 1 in typhoon-weary Eastern Visayas, the Department of Labor and Employment’s regional...

UNITED Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged Indonesian President Joko Widodo to stop the scheduled executions of 10 convicted drug smugglers including Filipino Mary...

FILIPINO domestic helper Mary Jane Veloso, who was convicted of drug trafficking in Indonesia, remained calm even after she was officially informed on Saturday that...

HONG Kong politician Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee apologized on Friday for her controversial remarks about Filipino maids seducing the husbands of their employers, but insisted...

TACLOBAN CITY—Lorna Rocabo, 43, sits inside her glass-panelled office comfortably, answering phone calls and signing papers delivered to her by her staff. “Today is already...