Out of the total number of Filipinos who registered for the National ID system, more than half have already received their physical cards, leaving 35.94 million citizens still waiting. As of April 12, 2024, about 50.06 million Philippine identification (PhilID) cards have been delivered...
President Marcos led the inauguration of a new passenger terminal building (PTB) at the Port of Batangas dubbed as the "most modern" inter-island terminal under the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the inauguration of the passenger terminal building...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippines Statistics Authority announced that the Gross Domestic Regional Product (GRDP) of Western Visayas in 2023 was worth more than P1 trillion. THE skyline of Iloilo City, the regional capital of Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Nelida Amolar, PSA-6 officer-in-charge, said this...
NEW YORK (AP) — Worries about a potentially toxic cocktail combining stubbornly high inflation with a flagging economy dragged U.S. stocks lower on Thursday. A sharp drop for Facebook's parent company, one of Wall Street's most influential stocks, also hurt the market. The S&P 500 fell...
Four senior officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were given new assignments in the first reorganization involving top officials under Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil. In the order that took effect on Friday, April 26, Maj. Gen. Sidney Hernia was named as the new head of the Directorate...
State-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) has inked a preliminary deal with Singapore-based firm Moorfields Capital Pte Ltd for targeted deployment of aquavoltaic technology as one of the innovative solutions for the country’s energy future. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was firmed...
A Chinese military official on Thursday, April 25, insisted that the Philippines really had no historical claims over the West Philippine Sea, unlike China. Wu Qian, spokesman for China's Defense Ministry, claimed that the Philippines knows "very well" that the scope of its territory is only...
The benchmark PSEi was almost unchanged after bargain hunters took a break while waiting for cues from economic data and more first quarter earnings reports. The main index inched up 2.13 points or 0.03 percent to close at 6,574.88 led by gains of the Mining sector while the Property and Services...
The growth of the country's digital economy slowed down last year despite surpassing the P2 trillion mark, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The gross value added of the digital economy amounted to P2.05 trillion from January to December 2023, a 7.7 percent increase compared to...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Thursday, April 25 pushed for the integration of arts and culture into the teaching of various general education subjects to make it more engaging for learners. In her keynote speech at the Philippine Book Festival held at the World Trade Center...
TOKYO — Asian shares mostly declined Thursday as investors awaited a flood of global earnings reports, including updates from U.S. tech companies known as the "Magnificent Seven." Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 slid 1.4% in morning trading to 37,931.81. South Korea's Kospi dropped nearly...
The amount of rice brought into the country reached 322,770 metric tons in February this year, higher by 109 percent compared to last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. Based on the PSA report, the value of rice brought into the country reached $160.09 million during the month....
