MANILA: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Thursday expressed deep sorrow and concern following reports of the tragic deaths of two Filipino seafarers in a Houthi ballistic missile attack on the M/V True Confidence in the Gulf of Aden.
The attack, marking
LEGAZPI: The Regional Development Council Bicol (RDC-5) has endorsed PHP430.38 billion worth of projects for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget proposals of 37 regional line agencies, government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) and nine state u…
MALASIQUI: Ilocos Region’s inflation rate rose slightly to 2 percent last February from month-ago’s 1.5 percent, driven by faster upticks in food prices, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Thursday.
‘The food index of Ilocos Region in…
TACLOBAN: At least 39 farm clusters were organized in Eastern Visayas as part of the Farm and Fisheries Consolidation and Clustering (F2C2) program aimed at improving production, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported on Thursday.
More than half…
MANILA: A lawmaker on Thursday urged local government executives to assist the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) in building up the nationwide database of Filipino senior citizens in the country.
Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. said the…
MANILA: A study of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has revealed that the Philippines would need investments amounting to USD337 billion by 2040 to achieve clean energy goals.
On Thursday, OECD and the Department of E…
MANILA: Defense Secretary and Task Force El Niño chair Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. on Thursday urged the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to beef up price and supply monitoring to protect consumers from profiteering amid the El Niño phenomenon.
MANILA: Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman is set to hold the first quarterly coordination meeting with the agency’s regional officers (ROs) to discuss the ‘best’ budgetary strategies and practices.
In a statement …
