ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Rep. Rey Reyes has slammed the seeming lack of a focused government response to the worsening child labor problem in the country. (Unsplash) “The half a million jump in the number of child laborers in the country from 2020 should be raising red flags. This is...
Hidilyn Diaz gets her fourth Philippine Sportswriters Association Athlete of the Year plum during the awards night Monday, March 6. (Juan Carlo de Vela) By NIKOLE JAVIER Hidilyn Diaz, once dreaming of an award from the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA), had her supporters and...
PSA's Mr. Basketball Scottie Thompson (Juan Carlo de Vela) With all the achievements coming in one after another, it’s not too hard to think that Scottie Thompson is now reaching the peak of his career. The charismatic Barangay Ginebra guard has already won seven titles in the PBA on top of his...
Elma Muros-Posadas, the long jump queen of the Philippines, received the lifetime achievement award at the 2022 San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association annual awards night at the Diamond Hotel, Manila, on March 6, 2023. (Juan Carlo de Vela) Michael Keon, the executive director...
Of approximately two million OFWs deployed to different countries, more than half are women—here’s a bittersweet story from one of them By: Jelica R. Enriquez I was excited to come home. These were my first thoughts when I boarded the plane on my return flight to Manila. The thrill of traveling...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the implementation of the national identification system has achieved its goals of onboarding unbanked Filipinos while providing a valid proof of identity that can be used to transact with the government and private sector. PSA Undersecretary Dennis...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) said it will opt for "rate flexibility" in the power supply agreements (PSAs) that distribution utilities (DUs) will be underwriting with generation companies (GenCos), once they win capacities in the conduct of competitive selection process (CSP) by the power...
EDITORS DESK Ramon Bonilla In a unique night of celebration that is comparable to the glitz of the Oscars, with vigor channeled from the Olympic fire, the stars will align for a toast of victory—athletes, men and women, the late legends and the young ones – all named and acknowledged for a...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are being urged to accelerate the clean-up of the list of electric consumers entitled to the government's "lifeline subsidy rate" to help tame the country’s rising inflation rate. Senate Committee on...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Region 4-B or the Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan area) recorded an 8.9 percent inflation rate in January which was higher than the nation’s 8.7 percent. Leni R. Rioflorido, Philippine Statistics Authority...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that committed foreign investments last year went up 25 percent as the local economy reopened after the prolonged pandemic. Data from the PSA showed Thursday, Feb. 16, that the total approved foreign investments reached P241.89 billion in January...
On the heels of the disappointing news that the inflation rate had risen even higher to 8.7 percent in January – beyond the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ forecast range of 7.5 to 8.3 percent, and the government’s target range of two to four percent – there was a vital piece of good news on...
