Reference exchange rate up 44 VND at week’s beginning

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,942 VND/USD on August 28, up 44 VND from the last working day of previous week (August 25).With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks …

Filipinos always willing to fight for freedom

Despite overwhelming odds, Filipinos have proven exceptionally fighters in defending the nation’s freedom be it on the land, air or sea. One such patriot worth commemorating Monday as the country’s observes National Heroes Day is the late Commodore Ra…

Goring floods 12 barangays in Bacolod

Heavy rains induced by Typhoon Goring have flooded at least 12 barangays in this city since Sunday night, data from the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) on Monday showed. Affected were Barangays 40, Handumanan, Sum-ag, Felis…

PBBM leads necrological service for DMW chief Ople

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led a private necrological service for the late Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople in MalacaƱang Palace’s Kalayaan Hall on Monday morning and admitted that the post she vacated is “too la…