Diokno said the proposed supplemental budget will enable the government to deliver immediate assistance to affected sectors, ensuring sufficient funds for aid and subsidies as further increases in petroleum product prices are expected.... Read full article
The local currency weakened further, closing at the 60-level this week amid investor caution due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.... Read full article
The peso closed at an all-time low of 60.10 against the U.S. dollar on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady, while the local stock barometer snapped its two-day winning streak.... Read full article
"Just generally, we are not getting information that the manufacturers are actually, you know, letting go of people at this point in time," FPI chairperson Elizabeth Lee said on the sidelines of the FPI Summit 2.0 in Bonifacio Global City.... Read full article
Michelle Franca, DSWD-11 information officer, told the Philippine News Agency on Friday that part of the agency’s efforts are ongoing construction and improvement of centers across the region.... Read full article
Under the provincial government's pharmacist-deployment program, all the 31 local government units (LGUs) are now staffed with full-time pharmacists, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) report on Friday showed.... Read full article
In a report on Friday, the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) said that from 214 cases recorded between Feb. 1 and 23, the numbers dropped to 182.... Read full article
The project, capable of holding about 10,000 sacks of palay at 50 kilograms each, features a milling facility supplied by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech).... Read full article
The Iloilo provincial government has mandated stricter energy and fuel conservation protocols to cushion the impact of rising fuel prices.... Read full article
“ASEAN’s digital economy is expanding faster than the policy environment can keep pace,” USABC’s Philippines chief representative Herminio Bagro said in a news release on Saturday.... Read full article