A petition asking President Duterte to declare all public lands in Mindanao as economic zones is gathering steam to ensure progress and development in the country’s second largest island, but which hosts some of the poorest areas in the country, while the Mindanao-born president is still in...
The Bureau of the Treasury said the government will closely coordinate with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for the issuance of their respective debt papers. National Treasurer Rosalia De Leon said yesterday that the local financial market is awash with cash and can accommodate the...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has raised the term deposit facility (TDF) offer volume this week to P360 billion from P310 billion last September 2, with results still at oversubscribed levels while yields are mixed. The TDF had P541.44 billion tenders. The 7-day tenor has a higher volume...
Consumers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) will benefit from a slight reduction of P0.0623 per kilowatt hour (kwh) in this September billing -- summing up five straight months of tariff downtrends for this year. (MANILA BULLETIN) For end-users in the consumption threshold of 200 kilowatt hours...
After successful return to practice, Marcial hopes favorable response from JAO Group for scrimmages PBA commissioner Willie Marcial (PBA Images) PBA commissioner Willie Marcial is taking the next big step to restarting the stalled Philippine Cup two weeks after the pro league got the green light...
UST Tigers coach Aldin Ayo (UAAP) Officials of the Joint Administrative Order Group and Commission on Higher Education have agreed to submit a report to the Inter-Agency Task Force on possible sanctions of the University of Santo Tomas when its men’s basketball team reportedly conducted a...
UST Tigers coach Aldin Ayo (UAAP) Officials of the Joint Administrative Order Group are studying if University of Santo Tomas violated JAO guidelines when it reportedly conducted a training bubble in Sorsogon during quarantine. Games and Amusements Board chairman Baham Mitra, who is part of the...
After meeting with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Thursday, officials of the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) Group are set to draw guidelines for the possible resumption of training by collegiate teams. (MB Photo / Jansen Romero, File) Officials of the Joint Administrative Order (JAO)...
In this file photo, Marty Elorde’s boxers get ready for dinner inside their quarters at the Elorde Sports Complex in Parañaque. (Photo by Marty Elorde) Local pro boxing promoters may have to join hands to produce fights in these hard times. Manila-based Elorde Boxing Promotions and Cebu’s...
CHED chairman J. Prospero De Vera III (Photo from Prospero De Vera's Facebook page) Officials from the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) Group and Commission on Higher Education expect representatives from the University of Santo Tomas and National University in their Sept. 1 meeting involving...
San Miguel Beer's Terrence Romeo, center, drives past Magnolia players during the first match of the postponed Philippine Cup last March. (PBA Images) The government agencies that formed the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) Friday issued a clarification that only professional leagues can return to...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) continues to strengthen its ties with the Department of Tourism (DOT) to support the recovery of both the agriculture and tourism sectors, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and onto the “new normal.” “The DA will vigorously promote farm tourism, as it catalyzes and...
