Manila: Ranking transportation officials have started drafting the guidelines to enforce mandatory speed limiters in public utility vehicles (PUVs).
In a statement Friday, Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief, Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II s…
Manila: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will reduce the reserve requirement ratios (RRRs) of banks as part of its efforts to reduce distortions in the financial system.
In a statement on Friday, the BSP said the RRR of universal and commercial …
Manila: The local index finished the last day of trading for the week strong, while the peso barely moved.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended Friday gaining 0.70 percent at 7,252.32 points, with All Shares also closing higher by 0.62 p…
Manila: The Philippines is pushing for the retention of a protocol in the free trade agreement (FTA) in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that will protect sensitive agricultural products in the country such as rice and sugar.
During…
Manila: Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday urged his colleagues to enact a law that would institutionalize transparency in the movements of petroleum prices ensuring welfare and interests of consumers are protected.
‘To guarantee transparency and f…
The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Bicol inaugurated and turned over a bamboo curing facility and nursery worth PHP6.2 million to a farmers’ group in Camarines Sur early this week.
In an interview on Friday, Lovella Guarin, DA-Bicol spokesperson…