The local stock market started the week on a positive note and followed up on last Friday’s gains as investor sentiment continued to recover from the knee-jerk reaction to the Omicron variant. The main index rose 75.55 points or 1.07 percent to close at 7,130.74 as the Services sector led the...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) bared the government’s reproductive health and family planning programs at the International Inter-Ministerial Conference on Population and Development. Speaking before foreign ministers and senior government officials, Socioeconomic Planning...
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) bagged two awards for its development projects on human capital development and financial inclusion in the recently-concluded Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) Development Awards held in Manila, a...
The Department of Agriculture's (DA) Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), the largest World Bank-funded project in the country, has been extended up to July 2025 and has received additional foreign funds of about P16 billion. In a statement, DA said the project got additional funding came...
Displaced workers during the COVID-19 pandemic will get assistance from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) with its new program that is set to be launched on Tuesday, Dec. 7. Dubbed as Assistance to Youth and Unemployed for Development and Advancement or AYUDA,, DPWH Acting...
Stocks rose again but closed off the day’s peak as investor sentiment was boosted by gains in US bourses. The main index gained 22.65 points or 0.32 percent to close at 7,055.19 as sub-indices were evenly mixed with the Property sector advancing the most. Volume weakened to 1.3 billion shares...
Agata Mining Ventures Inc. (AMVI), a project of TVI Resource Development Philippines Inc. (TVIRD), was recently conferred the 2021 Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Award (PMIEA). A statement showed that for the third time, AMVI secured the country’s highest distinction for exceptional...
The National Book Development Board launches 52 indigenous and remote reading spaces all over the Philippines When you were young, how many books have you read that were penned by Filipino authors? In your school or local library, apart from the Filipiniana sections, did you see more locally...
A partnership between the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Daikin Philippines will greatly benefit the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Industry of the country through a new training center, the agency said on Wednesday, Dec. 2. (Photo from TESDA /...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo vowed on Wednesday, Dec. 1 to prioritize the construction of an expressway and a railroad that will connect her home region of Bicol to other urban areas in the name of "rural development". Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) She noted on the...
An effective management of coronavirus risks will allow the country’s economy to recover to the pre-pandemic level by early next year, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. During a recent virtual economic briefing, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua...
New Naga City Level 1 Hospital The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) granted a P700-million loan to the local government unit (LGU) of Naga City, Camarines Sur to fast-track public infrastructure and social development. The LGU will use the loan to build a three-storey Level 1 New Naga City...
