Personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Ilocos Region (DSWD-1) have started prepositioning more family food packs (FFPs) in strategic locations as typhoon Enteng is expected to bring gusty winds and heavy rainfall in this northe…
Day: September 2, 2024
Stocks up, peso weakens
MANILA: The local stock market closed higher on Monday amid expectations that headline inflation eased in August, while the peso closed weaker against the dollar.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained 25.87 points to close at 6,…
‘Enteng’ forces suspension of classes, work, sea trips in NegOcc
At least 12 local government units in Negros Occidental, including this highly urbanized city, canceled classes due to expected heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Enteng on Monday.
The Philippine Coast Guard suspended trips of Manila-bound vessel…
P40/kg of rice under Rice for All possible in Kadiwa stores by October
The public may soon have access to PHP40 per kilogram of mixed imported and local well-milled rice in its Kadiwa stores in October, according to Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.
In an interview with Anthony Taberna a…
Frayna, Canino earned rating points at Barcelona Int’l Chess Open
MANILA: Olympiad-bound Janelle Mae Frayna and Ruelle Canino performed well to earn rating points at the Barcelona International Chess Open which concluded in Spain last Sunday.
Frayna, the country’s first and only Woman Grandmaster, finished with an …
Gov’t ‘very optimistic’ of peace pact with NDF under Marcos term
MANILA: The government is ‘very optimistic’ that a final peace agreement will be signed with the National Democratic Front (NDF), the political wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), within the term of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. …
PVL Finals moved to Sept. 4 at Philsports Arena
MANILA: The Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference finals between unbeaten Akari and multi-titled Creamline was postponed due to severe weather conditions.
The match, which was originally set for Monday (Sept. 2) at the Smart Araneta Coliseu…
Nearly 1K passengers stranded in Bicol ports due to ‘Enteng’
Nearly 1,000 passengers are stranded in 11 ports in the Bicol region due to Tropical Storm Enteng, the Office of Civil Defense in Bicol (OCD-5) reported on Monday.
In a phone interview, OCD-5 spokesperson Gremil Alexis Naz said that based on the sub…
DOLE ‘finalizing’ job fair for POGO workers
MANILA: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is finalizing the job fair that would help Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) workers that would be affected by the closure of these establishments.
‘It’s still being firmed up and finaliz…