MANILA: Incoming Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary, Senator Juan Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara, on Wednesday urged government agencies and companies to hire Senior High School (SHS) graduates in jobs that require simple tasks.
Angara, who was appoin…
MANILA: State-run Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) launched a new promo that gives depositors the chance to win up to PHP1 million in cash and gadgets by growing their savings with the bank.
In a statement on Wednesday, LandBank said the IpoNa…
MANILA: The local bourse recovered on Wednesday after two consecutive days of decline, while the peso moved sideways.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained 91.07 points to 6,450.03, while the broader All Shares also increased by 32.46 poi…
MANILA: The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) welcomed back 22 more crew members of the M/V Transworld Navigator who arrived in two batches at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport late Tuesday.
All 27 Filipino seafarers of the Liberian-flagged an…
MANILA: More than 6,400 drug high-value targets (HVTs) across the country have been arrested since the start of the anti-narcotics crackdown in mid-2022 under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the Philippine Drug Enforcement Age…
MANILA: The Philippines and the United States are committed to strengthening ties for regional peace and development, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
At the US Independence Day reception in Taguig City on July 2, DFA Undersecretary Ma. …
MANILA: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Wednesday said it is mulling to drop some items for monitoring under the suggested retail price (SRP) bulletin.
The DTI said in a statement it has floated this plan to the National Price Coordinat…
MANILA: The Armed Forces of the Philippines (A.F.P) said Wednesday it is ready to coordinate with Senator Imee Marcos over her claim that 25 areas in the country were potential targets of Chinese hypersonic missiles.
“Regarding Senator Imee Marcos’ s…
MANILA: The Philippines can gain more than PHP2 trillion annually if businesses use artificial intelligence (AI)-solutions but efforts must be made to improve the country’s internet infrastructure, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Se…