ISTANBUL: WhatsApp, the messaging platform, resumed service after a global outage of about 20 minutes on Wednesday.
Hundreds of users worldwide reported on social media that they could not send messages or make phone calls through the app for almost
MANILA: The Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) has adjusted its economic growth targets for 2024 and 2025 due to current domestic and global developments.
The DBCC revised downward its gross domestic product (GDP) outlook for 2024 to 6 …
Hanoi: The standing office of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-War Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences (Steering Committee 701) has held a meeting to review the alleviation work last year and launch new tasks f…
MANILA: A female passenger bound for Kota Kinabalu was caught with marijuana at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Wednesday, the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) reported Thursday.
“The detection of drugs was just in…
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: The damage caused by the El Niño phenomenon on crops, including the supposedly drought-resilient corn in the province of Antique, has now reached over PHP141 million.
Provincial Agriculture Office chief Nicolasito Calawag said…
MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said the proportion of non-performing loans (NPLs) of Philippine banks to their total loans settled reached 3.44 percent as of February this year.
BSP data released late Wednesday showed that the ratio du…
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Government agencies in Northern Mindanao have joined the region’s Department of Health (DOH-10) in intensifying measles vaccination to prevent an outbreak in Lanao del Norte.
In a statement Thursday, Antonio Sugarol, director of …
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. wants to employ a ‘comprehensive, holistic’ approach in addressing traffic congestion in the country, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsernio Balisacan said Thursday.
In a Palace…
