Local share prices fell on profit-taking following gains made last week. The main index lost 76.78 points or 1.14 percent to close at 6,649.23 as Banks led the retreat while Industrials managed to buck the trend. A total of 658 million shares worth P5.06 billion changed hands as losers beat gainers...
Senators on Monday, July 29 called on authorities to expedite the arrest of suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo whom law enforcers said was “sighted in Bulacan.” The information came from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) after Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada expressed...
Vice President Sara Duterte still has the most extensive security detail compared to her predecessors, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said amid the issue on the pullout of 75 of her police escorts. PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said a total of 31 policemen are still assigned with the...
Taipan Lucio Tan’s Philippine National Bank (PNB) reported a six percent improvement in consolidated net income to P10.3 billion for the first half of 2024 from P9.7 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said earnings grew as it...
The Marcos administration increased its financial backing for the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) while scaling back support for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) in the first half of the year. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury revealed that the national government...
Stocks market investors will be looking mainly towards the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting and corporate earnings reports for cues this week even as there remains more room for bargain-hunting amid improving trading data. “The local market has already exhibited a golden cross as its...
Over 1,400 new workers are needed by four Japanese companies with manufacturing facilities inside the First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) economic zone in the cities of Santo Tomas and Tanauan in Batangas. Prospective employees wait for their turn to fill up application forms during the recent...
The Philippine Stock Exchange announced that the mid-year edition of its PSE STAR: Investor Day will see the participation of 14 publicly listed companies (PLCs) in a live briefing scheduled from August 14 to 16, 2024. As in previous runs, the virtual event will showcase...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines recently announced their plans for the Philippine Pavilion to represent the country in the upcoming World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. In a ceremony held on July 16, 2024, at the Ayala Museum in Makati City, the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be deploying more than 33,000 policemen nationwide to assist in the opening of the classes for majority of public and private schools this week. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said that while a number of schools decided to postpone the class opening due...
BRP Sierra Madre (File photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines) Nine Chinese vessels were monitored by Philippine authorities during the July 27 rotation and resupply (RORE) mission to BRP Sierra Madre outpost in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, the National Security Council (NSC) said on Sunday, July...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime J. Bautista is seeking an additional budget to pave the way to the hiring of additional 4,000 personnel for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) within this year. The hiring of more personnel, according to Bautista, is part of the modernization...
