A police lieutenant assigned in Southern Leyte has died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), adding to the growing list of police personnel who succumbed to the respiratory ailment, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, July 2. Latest figures on the COVID-19 situation in the...
An elderly woman who lost her home to a recent fire received the surprise of her life when members of the Banaue Municipal Police Station (MPS) in Ifugao province gifted her with a new house that the latter built with their own hands. The good deed did not escape Philippine National Police (PNP)...
The Philippine Pharma Procurement Inc. (PPPI), central procurement arm for all government agencies in the importation of drugs and medicines, has been absorbing huge losses in the past 14 years and was apparently untapped in the multi-billion importation of vaccines and vital pharmaceuticals needed...
The Philippine Stock Exchange is bullish about the prospects of capital raising activities by local firms this year and hopes to equal if not surpass the all-time high P228.33 billion raised in 2012. In an interview after the PSE annual stockholders’ meeting, PSE President Ramon S. Monzon noted...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Friday, July 2, that it had seized a cache of firearms and 11 kilos of suspected marijuana worth P2,240,800 from a suspected crime syndicate leader during a search operation in Malolos, Bulacan. The operation was part of the larger crackdown on private...
Expect an exciting and action filled event for the next nine days as slots for Philippine Team will be up for grabs in the National Open Fencing Championships starting on Saturday, July 3 at the Ormoc City Superdome. More than 100 fencers from the three weapons – foil, sabre and epee – will...
The effective management of pests on rice fields can't be achieved via a single method, but rather a combination of several practices, an expert from the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) said. This, as brown planthoppers recently infested 600 hectares (ha)...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has commissioned into service 51 female personnel who successfully finished their non-officers’ course at the PCG National Headquarters in Port Area, Manila on Wednesday, June 30. At least 51 female personnel made their way into the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
US Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d’Affaires John Law On July 4, 1946, President Manuel Roxas and US High Commissioner Paul McNutt signed the Treaty of Manila, establishing the independence of the Republic of the Philippines. The document touted “the unity of American and Philippine...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) reiterated that the vaccines being used during its vaccination activities are not for sale. Vaccination at the PH Red Cross Hemodialysis Center in Port Area, Manila (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) “We are not in the business of selling and making profit,” PRC...
The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) reported that companies raised a total of P122.46 billion in capital through the bourse during the first half of the year, 18 percent more than the P103.76 billion raised in the entire 2020. 16451 Capital raising activities for the period included two...
The local stock market rebounded on the back of the release of stronger jobs and production data. The PSEi gained 62.10 points or 0.90 percent to close at 6,964.01 as the Mining and Oil counter led the rise across the board. 16459 Volume surged to 2.93 billion shares worth P13.52 billion as...
