TACLOBAN CITY – Borongan City Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda announced on Wednesday, September 4, that flag carrier Philippine Airlines will add a third flight to their Borongan-Cebu route. Agda said the Wednesday flight will be added to the existing Monday and Friday schedule, with the expansion set...
An official from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has expressed doubt over Shiela Guo's story that she fled the Phillippines by boat together with Alice Guo and Wesley Guo, noting the multiple inconveniences they could have encountered while at sea. Senator Raffy Tulfo presides over the public...
The local stock market firmed up after the August inflation rate dropped lower than expected. The main index added 25.85 percent or 0.38 percent to close at 6,907.97 but sectoral indices were still evenly divided. Volume was lower at 517 million shares worth P5.07 billion as gainers edged out...
The Private Sector Advisory Council, represented by Noel Tempongko and Kartini Lim of Century Pacific Food Inc., has received the Bayaniyugan Gabay Award from the Philippine Coconut Authority at the COINS Awards Night 2024 for its contributions to sustainable practices and the empowerment of...
DAVAO CITY – The left wing of a juvenile Philippine Eagle rescued on August 31 at Bagalbal Forest at Mount Kalatungan Range Natural Park in Valencia City, Bukidnon was amputated after sustaining a severe injury believed to be caused by a high-powered firearm, the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF)...
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has announced that the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) will set up its headquarters in New Clark City (NCC), Capas, Tarlac. In a statement on Thursday, Sept. 5, BCDA said that a one-hectare parcel of land in NCC has been leased for 50 years to...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the government’s decision to lower rice import tariffs is starting to affect consumer prices. In a briefing, National Statistician and PSA Undersecretary Claire Dennis S. Mapa said the tariff reduction significantly contributed to the...
Consumer price growth in the country slowed to a seven-month low in August, primarily due to easing food and transport costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. National Statistician and PSA Undersecretary Claire Dennis S. Mapa said that headline inflation plummeted to 3.3 percent...
The PSEi recovered from early losses to close flat as investors initially sold down stocks following weak US markets overnight. The main index shed just 0.8 points or 0.01 percent to close at 6,882.12 with sectoral indices evenly divided. Volume was a little higher at 653 million shares worth P5.56...
From leaving their farm in Bamban, Tarlac to boarding a boat to Malaysia during their escape from the Philippines, Alice and Shiela were almost inseparable and they're bound to reunite yet this time, in the detention facility of the Senate. This was after the dismissed mayor Alice, was arrested in...
State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) will reinforce its initiative for solar rooftop installations at the buildings of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in Region IV-A areas. The planned deployment of solar photovoltaics (PVs) in the NEDA facilities was cemented...
The World Bank is crafting its lending plan for the Philippines covering the years 2025 to 2028, the period during which the country will likely rise to upper middle-income status and gradually lose access to preferential borrowing rates. The World Bank Group Philippines Country Partnership...
