President Marcos has signed the Philippine Agriculturists Act that regulates the agriculture profession in the country. Marcos signed Republic Act No. 12215 which orders the creation of the Professional Regulatory Board of Agriculture. The Act provides for the examination, registration, and...
The local stock market rose as investors cheered the passage of a law that will reduce the stock transaction tax while also betting that the inflation rate would remain low last May. The main index added 11.13 points or 0.18 percent to close at 6,352.66 as the Property sector led the advance,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Eastern Visayas has turned over 25 units of 500-watt solar lights to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to support the upcoming full operations of the Amandayehan Port in Basey, Samar. The solar lights received on Monday by the PPA-Eastern...
Nearly three months after launching a promotional ₱10 transaction fee, Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has decided to keep the lower fee as a permanent feature for interbank fund transfers (IBFT) carried out via InstaPay, due to strong customer demand. The BPI has announced in a...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the planned initial public offering (IPO) of Maynilad Water Services, Inc. for next month, aiming to raise a maximum of ₱45.8 billion. The Commission En Banc, on May 30, resolved to render effective the registration statement of Maynilad,...
Lopez-led First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH) is focusing on the growth of its power generation and real estate businesses, which are being allocated the bulk of the group’s planned investments amounting to ₱57 billion this year. On the sidelines of the firm’s annual stockholders’...
After its weak performance last week, the local stock market will now be waiting for the release of the country’s inflation data for cues as to which direction to take. “Next week, the local market is expected to take cues from various economic data. Primarily, investors are expected to watch...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said he engaged in a verbal tussle with some young Chinese nationals who allegedly posed as journalists and confronted Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. over the South China Sea (SCS)...
Vice President Sara Duterte simply laughed off the appointment of Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief Nicolas Torre III, who led the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte in March, as the new PNP chief. Vice President Sara Duterte and new...
In the span of just a few months, the Philippines bid farewell to a constellation of cultural icons: Nora Aunor, Pilita Corrales, Hajji Alejandro, and Freddie Aguilar in April and May 2025, following Gloria Romero in January and Delia Razon in March. These names are not merely prominent figures in...
With Philippine college programs weighed down by an excessive number of general education (GE) courses and lacking sufficient hands-on training and internships, education agencies such as the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) are pushing for the...
The Philippine Navy (PN) denied the reported maritime patrol of the Chinese navy and coast guard in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal), West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Saturday, May 31. Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad, PN spokesperson for WPS, said monitoring by the Armed Forces of the...
