MANILA: Headline inflation in the Mimaropa region was moderately higher in March compared to the previous month, due mainly to an uptick in the food and non-alcoholic beverages segment, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
In a med…
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday named Isidro Velayo Jr. as the new officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
Velayo’s designation came after the Office of the Ombudsman ordered the dismissal of…
MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday refuted statements made by the defense counsel of ousted Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo ‘Arnie’ Teves Jr. that prosecutors tampered with witnesses in the ongoing case of the murder of Gov…
MANILA: Senator Cynthia Villar on Wednesday expressed high hopes that the Livelihood Activities to Enhance Fisheries Yields and Economic Gains from the West Philippine Sea (LAYAG-WPS) Project recently launched by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Re…
BAGUIO CITY: The city government of Tabuk is set to start the construction of at least 2,000 condominium-style housing units with the help of the Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development (DHSUD) as it prepares for the possibility of
KORONADAL CITY: Officials of South Cotabato’s town of Surallah placed their area under a state of calamity due to the El Niño phenomenon that heavily affected the agriculture sector, damaging over PHP71 million worth of crops.
Surallah Mayor Pedro Ma…
MANILA: House Deputy Majority Leader Janette Garin on Wednesday urged parents to have their children properly inoculated as the cases of pertussis in the country continue to increase.
Garin, a former Health Secretary, made the call after the Departme…
MANILA: Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual said the country’s electronics and semiconductor export is recovering this year after the double-digit growth in export revenues in February.
Citing preliminary data from the Ph…
