THE National Identification System will meet its target of 92 million registered by the end of the year, incoming Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said.

Daily COVID-19 cases in Metro may rise to 1,000

THE PHILIPPINES and Australia are seeking to boost sea domain awareness, defense and marine science under a stronger maritime cooperation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday.

THE GOVERNMENT would not hesitate to charge people, including those in Cebu province, who violate health protocols amid a coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

Last week, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Manila sponsored my attendance and participation at the Prague High-level Dialogue on the Indo-Pacific, held in the historic city of Prague on June 13 and 14.

Given reasonable fiscal incentives under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act, housing developers can face a very attractive mass market for affordable housing.

TO GET A HANDLE on the forces disrupting the global food supply chain, a small chicken processing plant on the outskirts of Malaysia’s biggest metro area isn’t a bad place to start. There, it’s clear that getting produce from point to point isn’t just a logistics challenge but a matter of national pride.

LONDON — Britain’s biggest rail strike in 30 years kicked off on Tuesday as tens of thousands of staff walked out in a dispute over pay and jobs that could pave the way for widespread industrial action across the economy in the coming months.

LONDON/MUMBAI/ANKARA — For Jeremy Fong, US crypto lender Celsius was an ideal place to stash his digital currency holdings — and earn some spending money from its double-digit interest rates along the way.

THE GOVERNMENT of Canada on Monday published final regulations to prohibit “harmful” single-use plastics, with a ban on manufacturing and importing most of these items to come into effect in December.

PRESIDENT-ELECT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Monday said he would take over the Agriculture department to address the “severe” problems facing the sector.

THE PHILIPPINE central bank said on Monday it would likely raise interest rates by 25 basis points (bps) on Thursday, despite market expectations of more aggressive tightening.