Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) members savored the success from the Paris Olympics campaign during their General Assembly on Wednesday, Sept. 11, with the preparations for the 33rd Southeast Games in Thailand next year and the POC elections this November keeping the body busy at the East Ocean...
After numerous failed attempts this year, the Philippine Stock Exchange’s benchmark index finally closed above the 7,000 resistance level on expectations of rate cuts and a stronger Philippine economy. The PSEi surged 79.79 points or 1.15 percent to 7,024.67 with the interest rate-sensitive...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is warning the public against dealing with a fake entity posing as the legitimate Philippine Investment Funds Association (PIFA) on Facebook and CT Loan Cash Loan and Credit Company. The SEC said the public should not buy into the investment scheme...
Celebrating the National West Philippines Sea day every July 12 is a step towards the right direction for the government to assert its sovereignty over the maritime area that China continues to contest. Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros pointed this out as she asserts the...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has committed the repurposing of at least three initial ports that will support the development of billion dollars-worth of offshore wind projects that the Marcos administration has been pushing for completion by 2028, according to the Department of Energy....
ILOILO CITY — The inflation rate in Western Visayas remains unchanged at 4.8 percent in August. A STALL at the La Paz Market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Nida Amolar, Philippine Statistics Authority-6 officer-in-charge and chief statistical specialist, attributed this to the lower food...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) plans to add a signature field in National ID cards to address limitations that have hindered their widespread acceptance as a primary form of identification. This decision follows the termination of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) contract...
More young women have come forward to disclose their ordeal at the hands of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy, the Philippine National Police (PNP) revealed on Wednesday, Sept. 11. PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said a number of young women have already provided...
The local stock market weakened as investors pocketed gains while wait for the announcement of the US August inflation rate. The main index dropped 39.75 points or 0.57 percent to close at 6,944.88 as the Property sector led the decline while the Services counter managed to hold its ground. Volume...
Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy (File photo) The Department of National Defense (DND) filed a comment before a Pasig City regional trial court (RTC) on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 10, to formally express its opposition to the request of the camp of Kingdom of...
The government should look deeper into dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo’s potential ties with organizations that could be a potential risk to Philippine national security, former senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said. Lacson, former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, said he...
Despite the string of strong typhoons that battered economically-productive parts of the Philippines so far in the third quarter, the country's chief economist still expects to hit the targeted economic expansion for 2024. "We're confident we'll achieve our six- to seven-percent growth target this...
