The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said a total of 93 British firms have registered with the agency with combined investments of P185.947 billion to date, providing jobs to 88,108 to Filipinos. PEZA Director General Tereso O. Panga also said that the British investments figure spanned...
For newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr., cops should be able to respond to crimes or any eventualities needing their presence within three minutes. (PNP Chief Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. / File photo) Acorda, who...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), said on Friday, April 28 that it will accept scholarship applicants through its biometric-enabled Scholarship Registration System for workers on Labor Day. In a statement, TESDA said that in the National Capital Region (NCR), the...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual highlighted the agency’s efforts in the promotion of intellectual property to advance the growth of creative industries and overall development of the domestic economy. Pascual stressed the role of IP in a speech during the Women in IP: 2023 Gawad...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police are eyeing love triangle as possible motive in the killing of a police intelligence agent while he was dining inside a restaurant in Barangay Calumpang here on April 20. Lawmen have arrested the suspected mastermind and gunman in the killing of Police Corporal Razul...
President Marcos has inducted and installed General Benjamin Acorda Jr. as the new chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), succeeding General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. He is the second PNP chief to be appointed under the present administration and will serve until he reaches retirement age in...
The President signed Proclamation No. 200 on April 14 promulgating a new IT park ecozone at Lacson Street in Banago, Bacolod City to be known as Robinsons Cyberpark Bacolod, with investment of P777.350 million. The President likewise approved Proclamation No. 402 last 19 April, designating several...
Filipinos were alerted against fake social media pages and groups pretending to be the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) or any of its offices. (University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital) In an official statement, PGH expressed alarm over the proliferation of bogus pages pretending...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police operatives arrested on Saturday, April 22, a former member of the New People’s Army who is believed to be responsible for the killing of a police intelligence operative here. Police Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office-12 director, said the suspect,...
The Philippine National Police- Human Rights Affairs Office (PNP- HRAO) successfully conducted a two-day human rights seminar in Barangay San Nicolas, Bulakan, province of Bulacan on  April 19-20. "Human Rights Deepening Seminar" is a two-day seminar held at the Functional Hall of Coolwaves...
(Photo courtesy: Unsplash) Women who have not given birth are more prone to have breast cancer, a specialist from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) said on Wednesday, April 19. PGH Cancer Institute Chairman Dr. Jorge Ignacio said that this has something to do with “estrogen stimulation.”...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has committed $300 million to US-based infrastructure-focused private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). In a statement on Monday, April 17, Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said the pension fund has signed an...
