Senators expressed support for President Marcos' pronouncement that the Philippines has no plan to put any kind of cannon on its ships. Sen. Francis Tolentino said it's a "pragmatic" and "responsible" decision made by the President to consider the prevailing situation calculated to maintain the...
Philippine Savings Bank (PSB) posted a 23 percent growth in net income to P1.20 billion in the first quarter of 2024 from the P976.88 million earned in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said its core revenues, comprising of net interest...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Assistant Majority Leader and Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong denounced on Monday, May 6, certain citizens of the country who have chosen to side with...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), committed on Monday, May 6, to further strengthen the legal assistance to all policemen, especially those facing harassment cases in the the performance of their duty. While the PNP has a good pool of lawyers, Marbil...
(AP) -- Wall Street capped a choppy week of trading Friday with the best day for the stock market in over two months, as traders welcomed cooler-than-expected U.S. employment data as a sign that inflationary pressures on the economy are easing. The S&P 500 rose 1.3%, its best day since late...
President Marcos said the Philippines has no intention of attacking any vessel with water cannon in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), stressing that it will not replicate China's actions at sea. (Photo courtesy of PCG) Marcos reiterated that the Philippines is "only defending our sovereign rights and...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has reiterated the need for Filipinos to know the full details of the alleged secret deal between China and the previous Duterte government...
Engineering and infrastructure firm Megawide Construction Corporation’s planned P5-billion bond offering has been assigned an Issue Credit Rating of PRS Aa, with a Stable Outlook, by Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings). Megawide plans to offer bonds worth P4 billion, with an...
Stock market investors will be taking their cue from the April inflation data to be released this week as this could affect interest rates while also looking forward to the release of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) numbers. “Investors are still moving in a cautious tone, evidenced...
China is planning to build a structure near the Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea in a desperate bid to reverse the ruling of the United Nations Tribunal which rejected its claim to almost all parts of the South China Sea, the National Security Council (NSC) disclosed on Sunday, May 5. This...
Police Maj. Gen. Edgar Alan Okubo Five senior police officials were given new assignments in the latest reorganization in the Philippine National Police (PNP) that includes positions for its campaign...
President Marcos has instructed the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) not to be provoked by China’s aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a Coast Guard official said. Commodore Jay Tarriela brushed off public criticisms of the Coast Guard's response to China’s recent provocative...
