Shares rise further as BSP chief hints at Q4 cut
PHILIPPINE STOCKS rose for the second straight session on Thursday on continued bargain hunting and expectations of rate cuts in the fourth quarter (Q4).
The...
DA to propose P513.81-billion infra-heavy budget for 2025
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said Thursday that its significantly expanded budget proposal for 2025 will help address shortcomings in farm infrastructure.
In a statement,...
John Hay’s potential to be unlocked by SC ruling — investment secretary
FREDERICK D. GO, Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs said a Supreme Court (SC) decision resolving a dispute between the...
DTI, Plug and Play accelerator program expected to help 40 startups each year
AT LEAST 40 startups annually are expected to obtain funding and training from an accelerator program launched by the Department of Trade and Industry...
Beijing says gentleman’s deal on Second Thomas Shoal is no secret
CHINA has repeatedly informed the Marcos government about the so-called gentleman’s agreement that barred the delivery of construction materials and repairs to a Philippine outpost at Second Thomas Shoal, its embassy in Manila said, adding that the deal was no secret.
Bongbong makes it to Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people
By John Victor D. Ordoñez, Reporter
PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. Made it to Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people this year due...
Marcos orders one-month grace period for e-bike, e-trike ban
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Thursday ordered the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and local government units in the capital region to give...
Cignal TV partners with POC on coverage of Paris Olympics
CIGNAL TV has officially come in as partner of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) in the country’s centennial participation in the coming Paris Olympiad.
Fil-Am Jung-Ruivivar Olympic hopes alive in uneven bars
FIL-AM Levi Jung-Ruivivar kept her Olympic hopes alive by making the women’s uneven bars even as Paris-bound Carlos Yulo failed to make the men’s...
SMB eyes early quarters slot against freefalling Converge
SAN Miguel Beer (SMB) attempts to get on the next rung of what coach Jorge Gallent dubbed as their step-by-step mission in the PBA Philippine Cup.
First law protecting consumers’ brainwaves signed by governor
COLORADO GOVERNOR Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law the first measure passed in the US that aims to protect the data found in...
Deadly heatwave in West Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to come
NIAMEY — On a hospital bed in Niger, a 96-year-old woman lay motionless attached to a drip — one of thousands of possible victims...