Government borrowings in the first 10 months of the year jumped by 214.45 percent year-on-year primarily due to requirements to address the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) data showed total borrowings, as of end-October this year,
The Apostolic Nunciature in Manila yesterday warned church institutions and private individuals to deny solicitation letters using the name of a former papal envoy to the Philippines.
Oil companies will adjust pump prices effective today.
Another 100,000 displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will benefit from the cash assistance program of the government, which was infused with additional funds worth P1 billion, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said Saturday.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra yesterday said Republic Act 11479, or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, will take effect today.
Despite the threat posed by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, foreigners who have existing visas can visit the Philippines beginning next month, Malacañang announced yesterday.
A micro-financing program, worth P157 million, was initiated by Coca-Cola Philippines to help community-based businesses, like sari-sari stores and carinderia, to restart their operations after being affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic and the community quarantine.
The Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) is launching a five-year program that targets to expand the skills of one million Filipinos.
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez clarified yesterday that online barter for personal transaction is not illegal.
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez is encouraging local government units (LGUs) that are implementing curfew in their areas amid the community quarantine to start curfew hours at midnight so restaurants and fast-food chains could operate for longer hours.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday said the House of Representatives would focus on strengthening national security and enhancing economic development in the remaining session of the 19th Congress, said a press release from the House of Representatives. “As we
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Unidentified armed men shot a farmer dead in front of his wife, on Saturday at Purok 4 in Brgy. Lagaan, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Initial police investigations indicated that the victim, a 54-year-old farmer, whose identity was
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two more local government units in Negros Island have placed their respective areas under a state of calamity, due to the prevailing drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon. During its regular session on Thursday, the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The sales of vendors at the Panaad sa Negros Festival hit P16,359,940.50 within six days of the event at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City, from April 15 to 20. The LGU Pavilions remained
We should not be too surprised and bothered by this phenomenon. Given our human limitations and weaknesses, this predicament can take place anytime and often. What we need to do is to go immediately to God, ask for pardon and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another member of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1991 joined his classmates in their assignments in the Visayas region, as a commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Visayas Command. In his assumption of the
