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Month: October 2024

Bicol inflation rate falls to 2.8% in September

LEGAZPI CITY – The inflation rate in Bicol region slowed down to 2.8 percent in September from 4.2 percent in August, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 5 (Bicol) said Thursday.

Based on the summary inflation report showed during a press confe…

DTI to launch info, monitoring system for FTAs

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will launch this year an online platform to monitor the country’s utilization of its free trade agreements (FTAs).

In an interview early this week, DTI-Export Marketing Bureau Director Bianca Pearl Sykimte s…

PBBM welcomes P2.9-B investment of Thai fiber cement firm

Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has welcomed the plan of SHERA Public Company Ltd. to invest PHP2.9 billion in the Philippines for the production of fiber cement building materials for local and export markets.

In a meeting with SHERA Publi…

Eastern Samar surfers get livelihood support from gov’t

Surfers from Calicoan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar received PHP747,108 in assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) under its integrated livelihood program.

The beneficiaries – three surfing schools and a surfboard maker – rece…

Total external trade up 1.8% in August

Manila: The country’s total external trade in goods went up 1.8 percent to USD17.87 billion in August from USD17.56 billion in the same month in 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

Data released by the PSA on Thursday showed that of…

Comelec open anew to holding poll debates

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is open to holding election debates again before the May 2025 midterm elections.

Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia, however, said these events should be organized by media companies.

“As provided under Rep…