Gymnastics star Carlos Edriel Yulo hogged the sports spotlight in March along with Creamline Cool Smashers and the Cignal HD Spikers in volleyball, while world champion Marlon Tapales and the TNT Tropang Giga celebrated the ascension of rookie coach J…
While President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called for the renewal of the United States Generalized System of Preference (US GSP) in a meeting with business executives in Washington D.C., the country’s top trade official has reiterated the request of the …
The Department of Education (DepEd) has monitored 1,374 public schools in Western Visayas shifting to alternative delivery mode (ADM) of learning as a precautionary measure due to poor weather caused by a low pressure area (LPA). DepEd information off…
Zamboanga Peninsula has logged a 97.4 percent employment rate for the past four months this year, the region’s Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-9) said Thursday. Albert Gutib, DOLE-9 director, said the prevailing employment rate is higher by 2…
Headline inflation likely slowed to 7 percent in April as some food prices started moderating, according to an economist. “Some food prices already started to ease recently on better weather conditions that led to some increase in supply that helps in…
Key industry leaders on Thursday said forecasts indicating that April’s inflation figure will dip down to as low as 5.2 percent, according to some private sector economists, is consistent with what they are presently witnessing on the ground. The Bang…
The House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee on Thursday officially began its series of oversight queries on the budget performance of national government agencies. Estella Quimbo, senior vice chairperson of the panel, presided over the budg…
The road section blocked by rain-induced landslides in Taft, Eastern Samar is now passable to all types of vehicles after hours of clearing operations, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday. DPWH Eastern Samar district engin…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday launched the Nigeria Agenda 2050 (NA 2050), a new long-term national development plan that aims to place the most populous African country among the top middle-income economies in the world by 2050.The …
Tobacco producers of the famous Havana cigars announced today the reinvestment of their income in the purchase of tractors in order to boost the campaign of that important economic sector in Cuba.The news was published in Wednesday’s edition of the Gr…
The National Inception Workshop on Green Climate Fund (GCF) Project 2 – Implementation of Governance, Forest Landscapes and Livelihoods (I-GFLL 2) was held on May 4, in Vientiane.Co chaired by Mr Sousath Sayakoummane, Director General, Department of F…
In the first four months of this year, Vietnam saw 41 new projects abroad licensed with the investment from Vietnam reaching 140 million USD, a decline of 51% compared with that of the same period last year.Investment capital adjustments were made at …
