Jakarta — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday hailed the economic growth of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations, citing the steady rise of intra-ASEAN trade and foreign direct investment inflows. “With a projected growth rate of 4.9 percent next year and a steady rise in intra-ASEAN trade and foreign direct investment inflows, ASEAN […]
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The rate of inflation rose to a two-month high of 5.3 percent in August after dropping for the last six months, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Tuesday, blaming higher prices of food — particularly rice — and non-alcoholic beverages for the increase. National Statistician and Civil Registrar General Dennis Mapa said in an online […]
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The list of 16 public high schools in Metro Manila allegedly targeted by New People’s Army recruitment has been vetted by the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, the Department of Education said Tuesday. DepEd spokesman Undersecretary Michael Poa still refused to identify the schools, citing “the sensitive nature of the issue” but claimed all their information […]
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A Manila City regional trial court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of expelled Negros Oriental 3rd District congressman Arnolfo “Arnie” A. Teves Jr. and his co-accused in connection with the March 4, 2023 killings of Gov. Roel R. Degamo and several other persons in Pamplona town. Judge Merianthe Pacita M. Zuraek of RTC Branch 51 […]
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TROPICAL depression “Ineng” continued to enhance the southwest monsoon (“habagat”) as it maintained its strength while moving northeastward. The enhanced habagat will bring occasional monsoon rains over the western portions of Luzon in the next three days, the state weather bureau said. As this developed, the combined amount of damage to agriculture and infrastructure caused […]
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The government is allocating a bigger P1.42-trillion budget for infrastructure development under the 2024 National Expenditure Program in a bid to spur higher economic growth, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandman said. In a statement Tuesday, she said the amount is 6.6 percent higher than the P1.33 trillion allotted for this year. “To create more jobs and […]
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The proposed nationwide entrance test for higher education should focus more on equity to ensure that poor students would have better chances of admission to state universities and colleges (SUCs), Commission on Higher Education chairman Prospero de Vera III said. De Vera made the statement in response to the proposal of Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno […]
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The Commission on Human Rights has almost 2,000 cases against policemen in its docket, its chairperson Richard Palpal-latoc told the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. “Involving Philippine National Police personnel as respondents, we have a total of 1,966 cases and [those cases involve] a total of 2,208 victims of human rights violations,” the CHR chief […]
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