Two Filipino military cadets have successfully completed their pre-commissioning training at the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in the city of Dehradun, northern state of Uttarakhand, India. Second Lieutenants Anthony Ehapon and Len John Kent Valbarez received their rank insignias from Lt. Gen....
Four Filipinos, with one of them in critical condition, were injured due to Iran’s retaliatory attacks against Israel, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). In a statement posted on Facebook on Sunday midnight, the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv said that a Filipina caregiver is...
Year after year, millions of Filipinos make the difficult decision to leave their families or loved ones behind for a chance of earning more and providing them with a better life. Mothers and fathers lose the opportunity to watch their children grow, while young adults or single Filipinos are...
Waking up to a home flooded up to hip level or reporting for work only to find out you have been let go by the company are scenarios one would wish were just a bad dream. For Karla and Paulo, however, this was their reality when Typhoon Ondoy and the global pandemic happened, respectively. Faced...
A sari-sari store around the corner, eateries lining up on the side of a street, 24/7 community laundry shop, or a digital marketing start-up agency are just a few examples of MSMEs or micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises that play a crucial role in providing employment and driving economic...
The Philippines is expected to import less wheat in the upcoming market year as demand for animal feed weakens, reversing an initial forecast of increased uptake, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In its “Grain: World Markets and Trade report, the USDA’s Foreign...
Top influencers of investor sentiment this week will be the possible rate cut by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, overseas Filipino remittances, US-China trade talks, and the increasing tension in the Middle East. “The local market managed to extend its climb last week, backed by optimism on...
The implementation of the reduced stock transaction tax next month could theoretically result in an 83 percent surge in value turnover in the Philippine Stock Exchange, although even a fraction of this growth will already be a big boost to the local bourse. Abacus Securities Corporation noted that...
Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has downgraded its 2025 economic growth forecast for the Philippines amid global trade uncertainties, which, in turn, bolstered its expectations of further interest rate cuts. In its new quarterly global outlook report for the third quarter of 2025,...
Even as the Philippine peso depreciated against the United States (US) dollar at a pace that was among the worst among emerging market (EM) currencies last week, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is still expected to cut interest rates this week. Data from the Bankers Association of the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said that it is withholding the issuance of a Certificate of Conformity (COC) to the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) until it receives aligned findings from both the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). Energy Assistant...
The Philippine Embassy in Israel is planning to repatriate Filipinos there by land or sea since the airspace of Israel and Jordan are currently closed due to the ongoing conflict in the region with Iran, Philippine Ambassador in Tel Aviv Aileen Mendiola-Rau said. In an interview with GMA News on...
