Laos News Wire
LEGAZPI CITY: The Police Regional Office-Bicol (PRO-5) deployed more than 10,000 police officers on Monday and set up 428 police assistance desks (PADs) to ensure the safe and smooth opening of more than 3,800 schools in the region.
In an interview, …
TACLOBAN CITY: The death of a squad leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Eastern Samar has persuaded a fighter to voluntarily surrender and turn over firearms to the authorities, the Philippine Army reported on Monday.
The Army’s 78th Infantry Ba…
MANILA: The Supreme Court (SC) ruled to allow the Sandiganbayan to continue hearing the case against Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile in connection with alleged irregularities in the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) two de…
MANILA: The Office of the President (OP) is seeking a budget of PHP10.4 billion for next year, almost PHP200 million lower than its budget for 2024.
According to the 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP) posted on the Department of Budget and Manag…
MANILA: The confidential and intelligence funds of government agencies for the proposed 2025 budget are lower by 16 percent – from PHP12.3 billion for 2024 to just PHP10.286 billion next year, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Monday….
MANILA: Both the local stock market and currency declined on the first day of trading this week.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) fell by 1.14 percent to 6,649.23 points, while All Shares also decreased by 0.68 percent to 3,605.33.
Among s…