TACLOBAN: The Maasin City government in Southern Leyte is upbeat about addressing port congestion in the province following the opening of a new sea route between the city and Lipata, Surigao del Norte.
In a statement Monday, Mayor Nacional Mercado
MANILA: The local stock market sustained its rally at 6,700 level on Monday, while the peso fell after returning to 55-level in the last trading day.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) improved 20.97 points to 6,728.22, with broader…
BOGOTA: At least 99 people have been killed and 1,600 have been left homeless by forest fires in central Chile’s Valparaiso region, authorities said Sunday.
Thirty-two people have been identified, said Chile’s Legal Medical Service, the state coroner…
MANILA: Immigration authorities arrested an overstaying South African national in Albay province.
In a news release Monday, Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco said operatives from the regional intelligence operations unit nabbed…
MANILA: State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) said loans to agriculture and rural development recorded double-digit growth in 2023.
In a statement Monday, LandBank said outstanding loans to the entire agricultural value chain amounted t…
MANILA: The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) will be providing patent services to Brunei Darussalam IP Office (BruIPO), processing a maximum of 200 applications a year over the next five years.
In a statement Monday, IPOPHL di…
ILOILO: Iloilo City will celebrate the Chinese New Year as an acknowledgment of the significant contribution of the Filipino-Chinese community on the city’s development.
Mayor Jerry P. Treñas, in a briefing on Monday, said they started the celebratio…
BUTUAN: An additional 34,249 family food packs (FFPs) were dispatched to areas in Agusan del Sur severely affected by flooding and landslides due to heavy rains caused by the low-pressure area’s trough since last week, the Department of Social Welfare…
