Bonsai enthusiasts rejoice as the biggest show in Asia displaying these miniature trees alongside Suiseki and Ikebana starts tomorrow. We get more details from Asia Pacific Bonsai and Suseiki Convention's Bobby Gopiao and Bonsai masters Kunio Kobayashi, Shinji Suzuki and Hiroaki Suzuki.

This year's United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize went to a Pinay doctor for her work helping out mothers and their newborns. Let's get to know Doctor Maria Asuncion Silvestre, here on the Final Word.

The world is seeing a change in the way goods are manufactured amid technological advancements. And they call this "Industry 4.0." How can local MSMEs move towards this level of innovation? We speak with the DOST Metals Industry Research and Development Center's Robert Dizon.

The Department of Migrant Workers releases a new set of rules and regulations on the recruitment of land-based OFWs. Here's Kaithreen Cruz with the details.

Fewer Filipinos were out of jobs in April. But as Currie Cator tells us, the number of people who need additional jobs or work longer hours went up.

Still on NAIA, passengers are complaining of long lines at the Terminal 3's immigration area. Immigration officials blame the reassignment of terminals for airlines while airport authorities say, there is a need for more immigration counters. Senior correspondent Gerg Cahiles reports.

Not so good news for Meralco customers as the power distributor announces a rate hike for June. EJ Gomez tells us more.

With the Japan B-League on break, Kiefer Ravena is back in the country catching up with his national basketball team duties by trying to crack Gilas Pilipinas’ final roster for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. We’re going all out on this story with Shiga Lakes guard Kiefer Ravena joining us in the studio.

Many LGBTQ+ Filipinos have found success in their fields and blazed trails as they wave the rainbow flag with pride. But on the industry level, are businesses doing enough to ensure members of the community feel accepted in the workplace? Let's have an exchange with Philippine LGBT Chamber of Commerce Chairperson Ronn Astillas. Your business is our business. Join our senior anchor Rico Hizon on The Exchange.

From the home and the workplace, the quest for acceptance and inclusion for all sexual orientations and gender identities spans to the economy. Let's have an exchange with Lee Badgett, American economics professor and author, joining us from Massachusetts. Your business is our business. Join our senior anchor Rico Hizon on The Exchange.

You may know a few colleagues who belong to the LGBTQ+ community. But do they feel welcome and accepted in your organization? We talk about their rights in the workplace with Benjo Benavidez, Labor undersecretary for the Workers’ Welfare and Protection Cluster. Your business is our business. Join our senior anchor Rico Hizon on The Exchange.

The executive director of Gentle Hands Inc. (GHI) is facing a kidnapping complaint after the orphanage supposedly failed to return three minor children to their mother.

The administration's economic managers have revised some of their macroeconomic assumptions, narrowing their forecast range for the peso and inflation.

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has released new rules and regulations on the recruitment and employment of land-based FIlipino migrant workers, notably adding a list of serious offenses that may lead to the cancellation of a recruitment agency's license.

Next year's proposed national budget has been set at ₱5.768 trillion, 9.5% higher than the current outlay of ₱5.268 trillion, the DBCC said.

Habang papalapit ang selebrasyon ng Araw ng Kalayaan, iginiit ng isang sociologist na semi-colonial pa rin ang Pilipinas. May ulat ang aming correspondent na si Daniza Fernandez.

Kabi-kabila ang reklamo ng mga pasahero sa haba ng pila sa immigration area sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport o NAIA Terminal 3 nitong mga nakaraang araw. Ang dahilan, ayon sa Bureau of Immigration, dumami ang international passengers dahil sa terminal reassignment ng airlines, at kakulangan sa immigration counters. Ang operator ng airport naman, sinabing kailangang may tao ang lahat ng immigration counters round-the-clock para hindi naiipon ang mga pasahero. May ulat si Gerg Cahiles.

May bagong patakaran para sa recruitment at deployment ng land-based overseas Filipino workers na inaasahang ipatutupad ng pamahalaan simula Hulyo. Alamin kung ano-ano ito sa ulat ni Kaithreen Cruz.

Nabawasan pa ang bilang ng mga Pilipinong walang trabaho sa ikalawang sunod na buwan noong Abril. Ang buong detalye hatid ng aming correspondent, Currie Cator.

With all its elements done tighter — refined production quality, polished numbers, and coherent storytelling — "Ang Huling El Bimbo" is able to tell a better tragic story.

Senate Public Services Committee chairperson Grace Poe on Friday called on the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to assess the digitalization of its services as the agency is still facing the same old problems.

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Friday said it is set to sign an agreement with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in July to establish a scholarship fund for nursing students to jumpstart a career abroad.

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said the number of deployed Filipino workers abroad may hit pre-pandemic levels this year as it has seen an upward trend in the past two years.

Some Twitter users on Friday flagged the recent advertisement of motorcycle taxi application Angkas, which they said promotes incest and sexual power play.

Longtime National University (NU) student-athlete John Lloyd Clemente bids the Sampaloc-based school goodbye as he takes his talents to the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).

Pilipinas ang isa sa itinuturing na may pinakamataas na per capita consumption ng sigarilyo sa mga bansa sa Southeast Asia. Kaya naman, itinuturing ito ng gobyerno na isang major public health problem ng bansa. Alamin natin ang proseso sa pagtigil sa paninigarilyo, makakausap natin si Lung Center of the Philippines Program Director Doctor Glynna Ong-Cabrera.

Passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 experienced another power interruption that lasted half an hour on Friday afternoon, just a little over a month after the hours-long outage on May 1.

Bangko Sentral Governor Felipe Medalla’s one-year term as central bank chief expires next month, but he says it will be a 'blessing' if he is reappointed to a fresh six-year term.

Commuters can ride the LRT-1 and LRT-2 for free on certain hours on June 12 in commemoration of Philippine Independence Day.

Team Philippines ends its stint in the 12th ASEAN Para Games in Cambodia with more gold medals than its previous haul in Indonesia last year.

Sandara Park is still surprised that Filipinos still remember her as the “Pambansang Krung-Krung.”

The Commission on Audit has flagged the Presidential Electoral Tribunal for not returning unutilized cash deposits to the parties in the election case filed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in 2016.

An international team of scientists discovered three historical shipwrecks during an underwater archaeological expedition last year in the Mediterranean Sea.

Egyptian authorities have banned swimming near a beach at an Egyptian Red Sea resort following a deadly shark attack that killed a Russian citizen on Thursday, according to Egyptian and Russian officials.

When United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited the White House on Thursday, he hoped a shared perspective on Ukraine and a new push for economic partnership could reinforce what has been a steady, if rather business-like, working relationship.

New Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro says a law is needed to allow the department to implement reforms that will allow it to better serve the public and its agencies.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered all national government agencies and instrumentalities to "strictly" implement water conservation measures to prevent a looming water crisis in the country amid the possible occurrence of the El Niño phenomenon.

Customers of the Manila Electric Company will have to pay more on their electricity bills for June as the power distributor on Friday announced a rate hike of ₱11.9112 per kilowatt-hour, a ₱0.4183 increase from May's ₱11.4929 per kWh.

The Department of Tourism announces its partnership with Grab Philippines in introducing a digital platform where users can book tour guides.

New DND Secretary Gilbert Teodoro says he is looking into reducing the pension of entry-level military officers to be able to put more funds to other government programs.

We'll find out the priorities of the newly appointed Defense secretary and his position on the West Philippine Sea dispute and the country's additional Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement with the United States. Pinky Webb speaks with Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro.

The local government of Albay orders the evacuation of residents in the Permanent Danger Zone of the Mayon Volcano. Pinky Webb speaks with Albay Governor Edcel 'Grex' Lagman.

The local government of Albay has placed the province under a state of calamity due to Mayon Volcano's increasing activity, the Albay Provincial Information Office said Friday afternoon.

The number of Filipinos with no work hit 2.26 million in April, a drop from the 2.42 million estimated a month before, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday.

US officials lowered the warning level for Hawaii’s erupting Kīlauea volcano on Thursday, saying the burst of lava spewing from within one of its craters has lowered.

Members of the country’s women’s football team are all set for their biggest task yet — that’s waving the Philippine flag at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Pauline Verzosa has the details.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has reached out to government agencies to promote financial literacy among farmers, Overseas Filipino Workers, and students. Senior correspondent Lois Calderon tells us more.

The artist is alive. That's the title of the ongoing exhibit of Contemporary artist Jasper Castro who bravely used her bipolar disorder diagnosis as an inspiration to bring out the best in her artwork. The exhibit opened last Wednesday and will run until the end of the month at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts or the NCCA gallery in Intramuros, Manila. Jasper is joining us right now here in the studio to tell us more about this exhibit.

Albay Gov. Edcel 'Grex' Lagman tells CNN Philippines around 3,000 residents from Camalig and Guinobatan, two towns most vulnerable to the volcanic activity, were already transferred to safer grounds.

Tom Holland learned about the value of prioritizing his mental health after producing and starring in his upcoming AppleTV+ miniseries 'The Crowded Room.'