MANILA: Philippine economic growth accelerated to 6.3 percent in the second quarter of the year from 4.3 percent in the same period last year, National Statistician Dennis Mapa said in a briefing on Thursday.
Mapa said economic growth during the
MANILA: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Thursday said the 6.3 percent growth of the Philippine economy in the second quarter of 2024 reflects the “effectiveness” of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s strategic economic policies amid global headwinds.
In…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday led the signing of an alliance between his party, the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), and the Nacionalista Party (NP) led by former Senate president Manuel ‘Manny’ Villar in a ceremony at
MANILA: House Committee on Appropriations Senior Vice Chair and Marikina 2nd District Rep. Stella Quimbo on Thursday urged the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to push for the online consultations or ‘TeleKonsulta’ as a response to the worsening …
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday that the African swine fever (ASF) vaccines purchased through emergency procurement may arrive in September.
This came after the municipalities of Lobo and Calatagan in Batangas declared a s…
MANILA: A new and modernized Dumaguete Airport will boost regional connectivity and air traffic in Region 6 (Western Visayas), the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Thursday.
DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista said the recently signed agreement bet…
