Manila: Damage to agriculture due to the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Enteng has risen to more than PHP600 million, according to the Department of Agriculture – Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DA-DRRM) Operations Center on Friday.
Based…
Manila: The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Friday defended the policy on cashless transactions by persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and their relatives, following issues raised by party-list lawmakers during the agency’s budget hearing.
During the…
Manila: The country’s unemployment rate decreased to 4.7 percent in July from 4.9 percent in the same month last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Friday.
In a briefing, National Statistician Dennis Mapa said the results of the lat…
Manila: Former United Coconut Planters Bank president and CEO Jose Querubin has taken his oath of office as a Monetary Board member (MBM) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
In a statement on Friday, the BSP said Querubin took his oath of offic…
Cebu: The Department of Agriculture (DA) is testing and validating the NextGen or Next Generation new rice varieties program in Central Visayas, an official said Thursday.
Wilfreda Malayao, DA 7 (Central Visayas) NextGen focal person, said the progra…
Manila: A party-list lawmaker on Friday urged the Land Registration Authority (LRA) to initiate forfeiture proceedings on the real estate assets held by illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), as well as the family of dismissed Bamban ma…