Manila: Finance Secretary Ralph Recto on Thursday said the 5.4 percent economic growth in the first quarter of the year shows the sustained resilience of the Philippine economy despite rising global volatilities. In a statement, Recto emphasized that …
Day: May 8, 2025
Palace Intervention Sought to Cancel PrimeWater Joint Ventures Over Service Failures
Manila: Bayan Muna Party-list and consumers of PrimeWater Infrastructure Corp. have raised serious concerns over the operations of the Villar family-owned private water utility firm. On Thursday, they filed a formal complaint at Malaca±ang, urging the…
Marcos’ Series of Job Fairs Helps 4Ps Members Gain Employment
Manila: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday acknowledged the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) latest report showing a decline in the number of unemployed Filipinos from 1.94 million in February to 1.93 million in…
Over 400 Vote Buying and ‘Ayuda’ Complaints Filed Before May 12 Polls
Manila: Over 400 complaints of vote buying and abuse of state resources (ASR) have been reported ahead of the May 12 midterm elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Thursday.
According to Philippines News Agency, Comelec-Committ…
PBBM Urges Overseas Filipinos to Embrace Online Voting for Midterm Elections
Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has called on overseas Filipinos to participate in the upcoming midterm elections through the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) Online Voting and Counting System (OVCS), saying the new system makes voting mor…
PBBM Congratulates Australian PM Albanese on Re-election
Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. extended his congratulations to the re-elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for his victory in the federal election. In a video message shared on his official X account, Marcos praised Albanese’s…