A substantial financial breather may finally come at the pumps next week for consumers who are filling up their vehicles with gasoline products, as the price of this commodity is anticipated having a rollback in the vicinity of P2.00 per liter. Based on the outcome of three-day trading in the...
Passengers arriving in or departing from the Philippines will soon experience a seamless customs process with the upcoming implementation of a unified QR Code in the e-Travel System. Starting on May 10, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology...
The Department of Health (DOH) released on Thursday, May 9, its latest data on measles and rubella cases, indicating a significant increase in these cases in the country in 2024 compared to 2023. (Photo credits to AP) Based on the department's data, from the start of the year to April 27, 2,264...
The Marcos administration completed its first overseas bond sale for the year to help bridge the budget deficit and support initiatives for protecting natural resources, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement released on Wednesday, May 8, the DOF announced that Manila successfully...
The farm output growth has weakened in the first quarter of this year, primarily due to the decline in crop production, especially in palay cultivation, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. Based on the PSA report released on Wednesday, May 8, the total value of agricultural and...
The Senate Committee on Public Services will exert all efforts at passing the bill crrating the Department of Water Resources and Management this Congress as a means to solve the country's water crisis, Senator Grace Poe said. Poe' said Senate Bill No. 102, one of the Marcos administration's...
Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman announced that the government is nearing completion of a comprehensive study on potential salary adjustments for government workers, with plans to finalize it by the first half of the year. This collaborative effort, led by the Department of Budget and...
The Department of Finance (DOF) noted a slowdown in rice inflation for April, ending a streak of six months of acceleration, largely driven by the falling global price of this essential food item. Despite rice continuing to be the main contributor to headline inflation with 2.1 percentage points,...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday, May 7, made it clear that only the President can approve any agreement on the West Philippine Sea as it dismissed the validity of the so-called new model that China has been citing. DFA also confirmed that no Cabinet-level official of the current...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released an additional budget for indigent patients and hospital workers amounting to P8 billion. A notice of cash allocation with amounts of P2.43 billion and P5.55 billion was released to the Department of Health to provide medical assistance to...
The coal moratorium enforced in 2020 which sculpted the entry of more renewable energy (RE) investments remains as a non-negotiable policy stance to former Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi if he will have his way, because that had drawn the line in the sand for the country’s greener future. In a...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon (left), Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Justice's (DOJ) request for a change of venue in Pastor Apollo Quiboloy's cases from...
