After the Christmas celebration, the Philippine National Police (PNP) shifted its focus on the upcoming New Year's Day revelry, with PNP Chief Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr. making rounds in Bocaue, Bulacan on Friday, Dec. 29, to ensure stringent compliance of fireworks and firecrackers...
The Philippine stock market has been underperforming against its regional peers as of mid-December as the local bourse has been seeing weak trading volumes while foreign funds continued to leave. According to Philstocks Financial Research Manager Japhet Tantiangco, “as of December 15, 2023, the...
The local stock market returned to the 6,500 level as share prices rode on positive sentiment in the US bourses. The main index rose by 56.31 points or 0.87 percent to close at 6,519.11 as the Industrial sector led all counters in the advance. However, volume dropped to 385 million shares worth...
Amid a lower-than-expected number of registrants this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has vowed to spare no effort in ensuring the inclusion of Filipinos who have yet to register with the national ID system. The PSA reported that the agency has still not achieved the target of 92...
Around 80,000 cruise ship passengers arrived in the country this year alone, a signal of full tourism revival in the Philippines following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, according to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said the cruise ship passengers...
Prices of goods in Metro Manila continued to grow at a slow pace in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Based on the survey of eight commodities, the National Capital Region's (NCR) general retail price index (GRPI) declined further to 2.9 percent from 3.4 percent in...
OCTA Research An OCTA Research survey revealed that majority of adult Filipinos are in support of the Marcos administration’s policies and programs to address territorial disputes between the Philippines and China in the West Philippine Sea. The Third Quarter 2023 “Tugon ng Masa” (TNM) survey...
President Marcos has renamed eight camps of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to honor former police officers for their exemplary service. MB File Photo/Mark Balmores Marcos said "it is fitting" to give honor to former police officers who have shown exemplary service and dedication in...
China has declared anew it is the Philippines that is stirring trouble in the region, this time by saying it is Manila's change of policy and position over the South China Sea issue. Mao Ning, spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry, said the responsibility supposedly "lies with the Philippines"...
While the Philippine government welcomes China’s offer for dialogues on matters concerning the West Philippine Sea (WPS), an official of the National Security Council (NSC) said this would only prosper if harassments and bullying are stopped on Philippine vessels. NSC spokesperson Jonathan Malaya...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be deploying sufficient number of uniformed personnel to conduct random inspection in markets and other places where firecrackers and pyrotechnic materials are being sold for the New Year revelry. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the strategy is part...
The use of water cannon and the dangerous maneuvers by Chinese vessels even on Philippine civilian ships are but indications which of the two countries are creating instability in the West Philippine Sea, a military official said on Monday, Dec 26. Col. Medel Aguilar, spokesperson of the Armed...
