Caught between declining income and increasing expenses in the wake of the pandemic, more Filipinos are interested to borrow, according to survey data from consumer finance service Digido released Wednesday, Nov. 23. Between October and November 2022 Digido surveyed 130 of its client-respondents...
(COURTESY OF SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS) A national survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed that seven out of every 10 Filipino Catholics pray at least once a day. The results of the Dec. 10-14, 2022 survey that were released on Tuesday, Feb. 21 found that 69 percent of Filipino...
A bill that seeks to institutionalize the teaching of Arabic language or Islamic values in the Philippine basic education system has been filed in the House of Representatives. Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Photo from Rep. Hataman’s Facebook page) Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan Rep. Mujiv...
More than 50 Filipinos were evacuated to shelter in Ankara, Turkiye following the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Filipino evacuees in Ankara, Turkiye (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Turkiye) Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said 53 Filipinos, including their...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has conveyed his sympathy over the death of two Filipinos in the devastating earthquake in Turkey. Rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of a building in the rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 9, 2023, three days after a deadly earthquake...
Two Filipinos died in the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that hit Turkiye and Syria on Feb. 6, the Philippine Embassy in Ankara disclosed. This handout photograph made available by the FDFA's Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) on February 9, 2023, shows members of the Swiss rescue team...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) A nationwide survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) found that adult joblessness was at 21.3 percent of the labor force in the last quarter of 2022. “This hardly moved from 18.6 percent in October 2022 and 20.8 percent in June 2022. However, it was...
Several Filipinos are missing and their situation still undetermined after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Türkiye leveled residential buildings across 10 provinces and left thousands of people dead. Based on information relayed by Filipino community leaders there in separate interviews with...
The Philippine Embassy in Türkiye said it has been receiving calls from distressed Filipinos across the country after it was struck by a destructive magnitude 7.8 earthquake. In a statement on Tuesday night, it said will “act swiftly on all confirmed reports” amid the many “varying level of...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is continuously coordinating with the Philippine embassies in Türkiye and Syria to check on the condition of the Filipinos there after a destructive earthquake left thousands of people dead in the two countries. As of Tuesday, Feb. 7, DFA said no Filipinos...
The construction industry is expected to help solve the issue of unemployment in the country, an official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Monday, Feb. 6. DPWH Senior Undersecretary Emil Sadain, who also heads the over 100,000 strong Philippine Institute of Civil...
Taiwan will reevaluate if it will extend the visa-free policy for Filipinos as it looks forward to boosting its tourism following the tourism challenges brought by Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in the Philippines, the Taiwanese government is...
