MANILA: Risks from elevated inflation rate and external factors kept the Philippine monetary authorities on their toes in 2023.
And while the policymaking Monetary Board (MB) tightened further the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) key rates to a 16-…
CEBU: The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Central Visayas seized a total of PHP3.1 million of suspected shabu and arrested 112 illegal drug personalities during a three-day anti-criminality campaign before the New Year.
The anti-drug sting occurr…
MALASIQUI: Police recorded a total of 65 firecracker-related incidents in the province of Pangasinan with one fatality from Dec. 21, 2023 to Jan. 1, 2024, and one indiscriminate firing incident during the New Year revelry.
In a phone interview on
MANILA: The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) on Monday reported that the National Government (NG) has paid PHP1.53 trillion of its total debt from January to November 2023.
The NG settled a bigger amount of its debt obligations for the
BACOLOD: Two rare varieties of lobsters are being bred in underwater cages at the Sagay Marine Reserve, the country’s largest marine protected area, to boost lobster population in Negros Island.
These are the Tiger Lobster (Panulirus Ornatus), consid…
LAOAG: Laoag City Vice Mayor Rey Carlos Fariñas on Monday called on the public help prevent grassfires during this dry and windy season.
Fariñas, founder of the Fariñas Fire and Rescue Volunteers in this city, made the call after he
