The Philippines’ trade deficit plunged in August to $4.13 billion as total external trade decreased, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Tuesday, Oct. 10. The trade deficit in August narrowed by 34 percent from the $6.3 billion booked in the same month last year. It is also lower compared...
China has warned the Philippines to take its words "seriously," particularly with regard to issues on the South China Sea, as it vowed to do "what is necessary" to protect its interest in the waters. The Chinese Foreign Ministry made the pronouncement on Monday night as the Philippines' Armed...
The human condition naturally desires growth. There is a constant wish and pressure to be more and do more. Resiliency and wellness scholar and speaker Robyne Hanley-Dafoe, Ed.D., the author of Calm Within the Storm , explained that persons tend to feel dissatisfied, unfulfilled, and even...
BE ONE WITH YOURSELF Simple aerobic exercises help stimulate the mind We’ve all had to deal with memory lapses every now and then. It could be as simple as forgetting someone’s name mid-conversation or leaving your keys at home. But did you know that sometimes these memory lapses can be a...
Araneta City teams up with the Kapuso Foundation for breast cancer awareness Getting a breast cancer diagnosis is a frightening prospect. Data shows that of the 86,484 total cancer cases in the country every year, 27,163 are breast cancer cases. This disease has claimed 9,926 lives, making...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has identified a total of 357 areas that falls under the Red Category for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE), around 70 percent of them are located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Red Category is described as...
Philippine Navy (PN) and United States Navy (USN) vessels sail in formation during the sea phase of Exercise SAMA SAMA. (Photo courtesy of PN) Philippine Navy (PN) and United States Navy (USN) vessels sailed in formation to test their interoperability during the sea phase of Exercise "SAMA SAMA",...
Four universities in the Philippines have joined the esteemed 2024 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings in Asia for the first time, according to the results released on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Photo from Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings The Polytechnic University of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Social Security System (SSS), Bureau of Customs (BOC), and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) signed a Memorandum of Agreement on Tuesday, November 7, in a hotel here for the social security coverage of job order and contractual personnel of these three offices who are not...
Two Filipinos from the West Bank left Jordan Wednesday as they were sent off by Philippine Ambassador in Amman Wilfredo Santos, who for a month has been encouraging Filipinos in the Palestinian territory to seek repatriation from the government. Two female Filipinos from the West Bank were the...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) The government needs faster vessels for its resupply missions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), House Deputy Majority Leader and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo said. Tulfo highlighted this gap during the...
Farm output declined in the third quarter due to weak performance in crops and fisheries, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The latest data from the PSA revealed that the value of production in agriculture and fisheries, adjusted for constant 2018 prices, decreased by 0.3 percent...
