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A VACCINE for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will be ready, at best, by April, according to the country’s secretary for science…

Increasing evidence suggests that some COVID-19 patients get very ill because of an impaired interferon response. Landmark studies published Thursday in the…

MEMBERS of the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives called on government agencies to launch “independent investigations” into the alleged involvement…

Protesters hold anti extra-judicial killing banners during the funeral march for 17-year-old student Kian Delos Santos, who was killed allegedly by police…

PHILSTAR/EPA A SENATOR on Friday said President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s “long-overdue” assertion of the country’s ownership of the West Philippine Sea is…

Already struggling with unemployment that spiked to record levels when the pandemic hit, the Philippines is bracing for nearly 300,000 overseas Filipino…

PHILIPPINE STAR/MICAHEL VARCAS ILOILO CITY has been placed under a stricter quarantine level from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9 due to the…

BW FILE PHOTO The Philippines reported a balance of payments (BOP) surplus for the seventh month in a row in August, mainly…

BW FILE PHOTO By Michelle Anne P. Soliman THE COUNTRY’s external merchandise exports and imports fell by a quarter in the first…

Credit card issuers can no longer charge interest rates of more than 2% a month or a total of 24% a year…