The Marcos administration is making significant strides in improving the railway sector, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said on Saturday. At a News Forum in Quezon City, DOTr Undersecretary Cesar Chavez said the Philippine National Railways (…
Despite a 0-2 loss to Switzerland in their history-making first match in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Dunedin on Friday, the Filipinas are upbeat and looking forward to their Group A must-win match against host New Zealand at Sky Stadium in Wellingto…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is looking to further stimulate economic growth through big-ticket transport infrastructure projects that are effective at creating jobs. Before Marcos’ 2nd State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, the Department…
It’s been five years since the collapse of a saddle dam on a tributary of the Mekong River in southern Laos caused the country’s worst flooding disaster in decades, but survivors say they have yet to be fully compensated.On the night of July 23, 2018, …
Investors’ confidence improved on Friday’s trading as reflected in the local bourse, while Philippine peso depreciated against a United States dollar. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closed with a 34.06 points increase to 6,647.56…
The city government here has enhanced the security features of permits issued by the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) to curb cases of counterfeiting, many of which have been recently discovered. As of Friday, reports received by the City …
The Land Bank of the Philippines’ Board approved on Friday the PHP50-billion investment in the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said. “It is reasonable to expect that the Maharlika Investment Fund will be up and runni…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “strongly” condemned Russia’s attacks against port facilities in Odesa and other Ukrainian Black Sea ports, his spokesman said on Thursday. “The attacks contradict the Russian Federation’s commitments under the Me…
The Department of Energy (DOE) has reminded beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to register with their respective distribution utilities (DUs) to continue receiving discounts or electricity charges. In a statement Friday, DO…
Dialogue partner countries of ASEAN have launched many new cooperation initiatives and pledged financial support for the group at the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and related meetings from July 11-14 in Jakarta, Indonesia, according to …
Global IT services provider FPT Software recently signed a partnership agreement with Nippon Seiki – the world’s leading supplier of information display products for automobiles and motorcycles.The partnership was launched at a memorandum of understan…
Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc highly evaluated financial cooperation between Vietnam and the US as he received US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen in Hanoi on July 21.He said that the two sides have signed many agreements and organised bilater…
