Local manufacturing activity improved in September this year due to increased customer demand that boosted production levels and factory orders. The S&P Global Philippines Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose 52.9 last month from 51.2 in August. “The seasonally adjusted...
The Philippines and the US will probably have more joint military activities in the coming years under the Marcos administration. Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez on Monday, August 8, raised this possibility, which could include joint maritime patrols, as he said the US...
A total of 1,109 residents in Caloocan City were hired for different jobs through the Public Employment Service Office's (PESO) local recruitment activity, the city government announced on Thursday, August 4. In partnership with different private companies in the city such as fast food and business...
More than 1,000 personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) are expected to participate in the nationwide bloodletting activity to mark the 31st anniversary of the bureau on Tuesday, June 28. In partnership with various blood banks, the activity is part of the weeklong...
In this imagined conversation among 20 writers about their fathers, may we realize what our own has taught us A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really stands in their place. He is not an isolated...
TACLOBAN CITY – As the country celebrates Philippine Environment Month this June, over 2,000 volunteers in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) planted around 6,220 seedlings of various trees in a mass tree-planting activity in different planting sites throughout the region last Wednesday, June 8. Six...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III said hastening booster vaccination among Filipinos will not slow business activity but will instead benefit the country in the long term and in many ways. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion (Screenshot from...
The Manila Hotel revives pre-pandemic traditions in observance of Lent and to celebrate Easter. With an array of activities for its staycation, dining, and walk-in guests, and even those staying at home, the iconic hotel gives city folk and those wo prefer to stay in Metro Manila options for the...
"We can’t stop the war in Europe, but we can help the country brace for crisis." Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo Facebook page) This is what Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion had to say as the ongoing...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed on Sunday, Dec 12, to enforce the guidelines set by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on any political activity rests with the department. “So doon tayo sa health protocol aspect pero ang maganda naman nagkaroon na rin tayo ng...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned on Sunday, Nov. 28, aspirants for both local and national posts from turning vaccination sites for the National Vaccination Day into campaign sortie areas. DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said displaying tarpaulins bearing the...
The trade activity in the Philippines is continuing to show recovery, the Department of Finance (DOF) said, but the government should still continue to be vigilant with the prevalence of the highly transmissible Delta variant. In his latest DOF economic bulletin, Finance Undersecretary and Chief...
