House Deputy Majority Leader Erwin Tulfo on Wednesday led other lawmakers in filing a bill seeking to introduce essential amendments to Presidential Decree (PD) 1341, or the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) charter, to enable the instit…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese launched its economic strategy to bolster trade and investments with Southeast Asian nations, including the Philippines, by 2040. Albanese presented the report Wednesday in Jakarta, Indonesia on the sidelines…
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on Wednesday pledged to pay within 90 days “majority, if not all” of the unpaid hospital claims amounting to PHP27 billion. “This is on record. Within 90 days, we will try to pay a very high percentag…
Around 25,000 retailers in Metro Manila alone can receive assistance from the government amid the implementation of rice price ceilings, a trade official on Wednesday said. During the Laging Handa public briefing, Department of Trade and Industry Assi…
The Taganito Mining Corporation Nickel Asia Corporation (TMC-NAC) handed over Wednesday a PHP20-million rice mill complex facility to the Claver Red Mountain Cooperative (CREMACO) in Claver town, Surigao del Norte province. The rice mill complex in th…
Ang Probinsyano Party-list Representative Alfred delos Santos on Wednesday threw his support to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s move to impose price ceilings on rice as it puts a “quick stop” to the escalating rice prices in the market. “I support…
