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QC jeepney drivers’ earnings fell 47% amid diesel price surge, CPBRD says
RISING diesel prices nearly halved the average daily take-home pay of public utility jeepney drivers in Quezon City…
Read more →Impeachment vote petition junked
THE Supreme Court (SC) dismissed three petitions challenging the Senate impeachment court’s interpretation of a two-thirds vote required…
Read more →DoLE sets pay rules for ASEAN Summit, 2027 holidays
PRIVATE SECTOR employees in the National Capital Region who report for work during the 49th Association of Southeast…
Read more →PHL tourism branding bill endorsed to Senate plenary
A MEASURE strengthening the Philippines’ tourism branding by mandating the use of a national campaign slogan for at…
Read more →Senate panel approves OP’s 2027 budget
THE Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday approved the Office of the President’s (OP) proposed P10.15-billion budget for next…
Read more →Group files Ombudsman complaint over San Juan del Monte water deal
CONSUMER GROUP Ugnayan ng mga Higit na Apektado sa Water Access (UHAW) and concerned employees and former employees…
Read more →Magnitude 4.7 quake jolts off Isabela
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela — A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck offshore northeast of Isabela early Wednesday morning, with its…
Read more →40 students in Soccsksargen undergoing counseling for online threats
COTABATO CITY — Psychologists from the Education and Social Welfare departments in Soccsksargen are cooperating in counseling 40…
Read more →28 Filipinos in Bavaria bus accident back in Milan
TWENTY-EIGHT Filipinos injured in a bus mishap on Germany’s A96 highway are either now in Milan or en…
Read more →Inflation concerns drag PSE index to 5,600 level
PHILIPPINE SHARES plunged to a near 11-month low on Wednesday, with the main stock benchmark sliding to the…
Read more →Congress ratifies bill establishing Philippine Geriatric Center
THE House of Representatives and the Senate ratified a measure strengthening specialized healthcare for older Filipinos and their…
Read more →Senators press DBM, DHSUD over delayed releases for housing, disaster assistance
SENATORS reprimanded Budget and Housing officials over administrative bottlenecks between fund allotments and cash releases that have stalled…
Read more →Youth training on good governance monitoring launched in BARMM
THE National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) launched its Youth Training on Good Governance Monitoring program in…
Read more →Farmers seek favorable taxation of drinks using domestic sugar
THE Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said farmers are pushing to keep only drinks sweetened with domestically produced sugar…
Read more →PHL slips two spots in global innovation index
THE PHILIPPINES fell two places to 52nd out of 139 economies in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO)…
Read more →Marcos expands Cavite Ecozone II by 1.5 hectares
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. designated a little less than 1.5 hectares of land for inclusion in the…
Read more →Aboitiz Group economic zone unit says Japanese firm plans Batangas expansion
ABOITIZ INFRACAPITAL, INC. (AIC), the infrastructure arm of the Aboitiz group, said a major Japanese company is planning…
Read more →NCR retail price growth slows to 3.9% in August
RETAIL PRICE GROWTH of general goods in Metro Manila was the weakest in two months in August following…
Read more →Work to resume on 4 NFA facilities in Nueva Ecija
By Moureen Ylessandra B. Dizon WORK will resume soon on four National Food Authority (NFA) facilities in Nueva…
Read more →NG debt tops P19.6 trillion at end of August
THE National Government’s (NG) outstanding debt rose to P19.607 trillion at the end of August, on gains in…
Read more →PCC reinstates 30-day filing for mergers and acquisitions
THE Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) reinstated its 30-day filing timeline for merger and acquisition transactions, effective Oct. 3.…
Read more →Unified excise taxes seen curbing misdeclaration, ‘technical smuggling’ of e-liquids
KUALA LUMPUR — The Department of Finance’s (DoF) proposal to rationalize excise taxes on electronic cigarettes could help…
Read more →Open monitoring platform for budget disclosures established
THE GOVERNMENT has institutionalized a unified digital platform to consolidate and publish public spending statistics, which is designed…
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