The two-week enhanced community quarantine has cost the Philippine economy an estimated ₱180 billion, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said Thursday.

Government can now enter into new mineral mining agreements as long as the deals comply with local laws, according to a directive signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday.

Bernard Madoff, whose name became synonymous with financial fraud, died while serving a 150-year sentence in Federal Prison. He was 82 years old.