MANILA: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested USD7 million into First Circle to expand digital financial services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines.
Aside from the IFC, the investments in First Circle…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Thursday he is monitoring the activity of Taal Volcano after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) logged a minor phreatomagmatic eruption.
‘What we have to do is to monitor t…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed former Taguig City councilor Michelle Anne Gonzales as the new commissioner of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor.
Gonzales will replace Paolo Guanco based on her appointment paper s…
MANILA: The House of Representatives has established a multi-committee to address the country”s food security challenges.
In an aide memoire released to the media on Thursday, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said the newly established quint-committee would f…
MANILA: The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) urged visiting Dutch businesses to invest in ecozones across the country.
In a statement Thursday, PEZA said Acting Group Manager Rowena Naguit addressed the visiting Dutch business delegation at …
MANILA: The House of Representatives will prioritize improving the salaries, benefits, and access to additional resources for the country”s nearly 1 million public school teachers, Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed on Thursday.
Romualdez gave the assura…
Manila: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Thursday supported calls for sufficient funding of the amended Centenarian’s Act, which gives a PHP10,000 cash gift to senior citizens who reach the age milestones of 80, 85, 90, and 95.
“I welcome the recent appro…
MANILA: Typhoon Julian has made landfall over Southern Taiwan but still causes scattered rains over parts of Northern Luzon, the weather bureau said Thursday afternoon.
Julian was last located 255 km. north-northwest of Itbayat, Batanes, packing maxi…
BUTUAN CITY – Police have apprehended one of the most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the Caraga Region, an official said Thursday.
Brig. Gen. Alan Nazarro, director of the Police Regional Office-Caraga (PRO-13), identified the rebel as “Rud…