The local stock market managed to recover from early losses after the announcement of a lower-than-expected inflation rate for September. The main index rose 20.35 points or 0.29 percent to close at 6,981.24 as the Services sector led the advance although the Financials and Property counters...
The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) has set up isDA ON THE GO (IOTG) retail markets in several areas within the National Capital Region (NCR) to sell affordable fish products. In a statement, PFDA said the iOTG team went to seven locations within Metro Manila to sell around 500...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said on Tuesday, Oct. 5, that he has always been transparent about his financial standing amid reports on his alleged unlisted offshore company. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade (Ali Vicoy / File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
Consumer prices rose at a slower pace last month brought about by softer costs of transportation as well as food and beverages, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced on Tuesday, Oct. 5. 15INFLATION The country’s headline inflation eased to 4.8 percent in September from 4.9 percent...
Former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. gave strong indications he would run for president after resigning from the Nacionalista Party to join the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) President and South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo S. Tamayo...
The completed Maya-3 and Maya-4 Flight Models (FM). Maya-3 and Maya-4 are 1U (10 x 10 x 10 cm) CubeSats weighing ~1.15 kilograms each. (Photo from STAMINA4Space) The Philippines continues to make its mark in space as the country’s two cube satellites are scheduled to be deployed into space on...
Consumer prices last month eased to 4.8 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The September inflation rate is lower than the 4.9 percent in the previous month, but quicker compared with the 2.3 percent rise of a year ago. Last month's average...
Local chapters of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) were directed to stay alert and ready to respond to any disturbance brought by Tropical Depression (TD) “Lannie.” Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN PRC chapters, especially those in the Visayas region, were instructed to send updates to the...
As various parts of the country prepare for another weather disturbance, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) urged households in affected areas to be typhoon-ready. After “Lannie” developed into a Tropical Depression (TD), the PRC on Monday, Oct. 4, proposed “three easy steps” to prepare the...
The Philippine women’s football team which qualified in next year’s AFC Women’s Asian Cup, headlines the online edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday (Oct. 5). Head coach Marlon Maro, assistant Rose Ton Barinan, and team captain Inna Palacios are appearing...
The local stock market kicked off the week on a positive note although volume was thinner. The main index rose 37.29 points or 0.54 percent to close at 6,960.89 with the Mining and Oil counter leading the advance while the Industrial sector was the only one in the red. 36569 Volume dropped to 861.4...
Domestic downstream plastic products manufacturers have warned the government of dire repercussions should the petition for safeguard duty on imported raw materials High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Low Linear Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) is approved, stating this would affect 417 downstream...
