The Senate Committee on Finance should consider banning the use of contingency funds to increase the confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) of civilian agencies under the proposed national budget for 2024. Sen. Risa Hontiveros suggested this to Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara...
San Miguel Food and Beverage Inc. (SMFB), a core unit of diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation, posted a 4.6 percent growth in consolidated net income to P27.5 billion in the first nine months of 2023 from P26.3 billion in the same period last year. In a statement, the firm said it...
The industrial sector has started showing signs of prospective rebound as the drop on energy sales had already narrowed down to 1.0%, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has noted. Sales to manufacturing facilities and key industries, the power firm said, hovered at 10,570...
The Department of Budget and Management said that President Marcos showed support to the Filipino Muslims through the approval of an executive committee for the commemoration of Islamic presence in the country. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman expressed her gratitude towards...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has recommended that sanctions, like suspension of salaries, be imposed on erring officials of the Department of Information and Technology (DICT) for delay or non-submission of financial statements for three consecutive years. "The DICT did not submit the year-end...
D&L Industries Inc., the country’s top specialty food ingredients and oleochemicals producer, sees potential for export growth with its new Batangas plant now operational even as plant-related costs continued to weigh on earnings in the first nine months of 2023. D&L Industries President...
State-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) invited two Italian businesses to set up or expand their operations in New Clark City. The BCDA delegation urged Italy’s top business associations, Confindustria and The European House Ambrosetti, to take an interest in investing in...
Luxury fashion is expensive, we all know that. That is why, for many shoppers, selecting items that are classics, imbued with the brand’s hallmark design, and have the ability to transition from day to night is a must. But when it comes to investment pieces, many always go for jewelry pieces....
OF TREES AND FOREST Last Oct. 30, 2023, my family and I trooped to the Las Piñas City National Science High School in Talon Dos to cast our votes for the Barangay and SK Elections. I was joined by my wife Cynthia and my children Mark, Paolo and Camille. The voting went smoothly and I would like to...
With his interactive science demonstrations, Steven "Science Steve" Liddell, the founder of Street Science, captivated the youth's minds at the 2023 National Youth Science, Technology, and Innovation Festival (NYSTIF). Photo credit to DOST-STII The Department of Science and Technology-Science and...
Senators on Tuesday, November 7 sought an investigation into why details of their executive meeting was released to the media and who was the colleague or person responsible for the leak. This was after Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada stood up during the Senate’s plenary session to...
With its “economies of scale” now in place, an official of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said that the administration of President Marcos is treading the right path in providing affordable rice in the market. (File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) Speaking in a Palace briefing,...
