The Makati Business Club (MBC), a group of big and elite businesses based in the country’s financial district of Makati, has reiterated its support for specific measures that will help improve ease of doing business in the country and to fight graft and corruption. In a statement...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez wants the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) as well as state and local universities and colleges to strictly vet students...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Contributed photo) House Deputy Majority Leader and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has vowed to defend in Congress the free college education law. This, after Tulfo got wind of supposed...
Philippines and South Korea trade ministers have agreed to work for the signing of the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), preferably during the 24TH ASEAN-Republic of Korea Summit next month in Indonesia. Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual relayed the new development after...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City, Quezon – The Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) declared five barangays in this province as drug-free on Monday, August 21. Quezon police chief Police Col. Ledon Monte said that the declaration underwent a thorough...
Germany has expressed its support for the relaunching of the Philippines-European Union (EU) free trade agreement negotiations. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and German Ambassador Andreas Michael Pfaffernoschke (Photo courtesy of KJ Rosales/PPA Pool) German Ambassador Andreas Michael...
No tropical cyclone is expected to affect the country during the holiday weekend, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Thursday, Aug. 17. Weather specialist Benison Estareja said no low pressure areas or tropical cyclones are expected to...
European Union Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Veron said that the “scoping exercise” for the resumption of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Philippines will bring the relationship to the “next level.” (From left) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen...
Visitors to the world-famous Santa Cruz Island in Zamboanga City can now enjoy free Wi-Fi. The Department of Information and Communications Technology on Wednesday, August 9, put up free Wi-Fi sites in the island under its Free Wi-Fi for All public internet access program. The free Wi-Fi program...
There is a slim chance that a tropical cyclone will develop in the country this week, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Monday, Aug. 7. According to PAGASA weather specialist Obet Badrina, a cloud cluster east of Mindanao is being...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is currently assessing export opportunities for all products of interest as the Philippines and the European Union (EU) recently agreed to resume negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA). “We’re evaluating all products of interest, including those...
The Philippines and the European Union (EU) will resume talks on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)—a deal seen to bolster economic ties between the two sides—as EU chief Ursula von der Leyen made an historic visit to the country to "accelerate" areas of cooperation between Manila and the...
