MANILA: Philippine economic growth accelerated to 6.3 percent in the second quarter of the year from 4.3 percent in the same period last year, National Statistician Dennis Mapa said in a briefing on Thursday.
Mapa said economic growth during the peri…
MANILA: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Thursday said the 6.3 percent growth of the Philippine economy in the second quarter of 2024 reflects the “effectiveness” of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s strategic economic policies amid global headwinds.
In…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday led the signing of an alliance between his party, the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), and the Nacionalista Party (NP) led by former Senate president Manuel ‘Manny’ Villar in a ceremony at Britt…
MANILA: House Committee on Appropriations Senior Vice Chair and Marikina 2nd District Rep. Stella Quimbo on Thursday urged the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to push for the online consultations or ‘TeleKonsulta’ as a response to the worsening …
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday that the African swine fever (ASF) vaccines purchased through emergency procurement may arrive in September.
This came after the municipalities of Lobo and Calatagan in Batangas declared a s…
MANILA: A new and modernized Dumaguete Airport will boost regional connectivity and air traffic in Region 6 (Western Visayas), the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Thursday.
DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista said the recently signed agreement bet…
MANILA: UAAP Season 86 finalist National University-Nazareth School will take on NCAA Season 99 finalist University of Perpetual Help System DALTA in the Next Generation Basketball League (NGBL) which kicks off on Aug. 11 at the Tanduay Gym in Manila….
ILOILO CITY: The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) urged village officials and the public to be vigilant amid reports of dubious individuals soliciting money through intimidation.
‘ICPO officials urge barangay officials to remain vigilant and actively…
DUMAGUETE CITY: Some 6,812 hectares of land planted with corn in Negros Oriental were hit by fall armyworms, an infestation that already reached an alarming level, an official said Thursday.
Alejandro Rafal, head of the Department of Agriculture-Prov…