LEGAZPI CITY: The Department of Agriculture in Bicol (DA-5) reported on Thursday that some of the municipalities and cities previously affected by the African swine fever (ASF) have been upgraded into ‘pink zones’, which means they have recovered from…
MANILA: Finance Secretary Ralph Recto on Thursday urged Congress to partner with the Department of Finance for the swift passage of reforms needed to reduce the country’s deficit and debt levels.
‘You already know the drill. None of these crucial mea…
MANILA: The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is urging the public, especially business owners, scientists, researchers, and those in the academe, to send research and development (R and D) proposals for funding.
The DOST is currently holdi…
MANILA: Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez has invited the international business community to the forthcoming World Economic Forum (WEF) Roundtable to be hosted in Manila by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in March this year to showcase the coun…
MANILA: Filipino startups are shifting their focus from pushing for the expansion of their businesses to gaining more profit this year, Uniquecorn Strategies’ 2024 Philippine Startups Outlook showed.
This shift was driven by the 40-percent drop in in…
ILOILO CITY: Organizers expect at least 200,000 spectators to fill the city streets during the weeklong celebration of the 2024 Dinagyang Festival starting Jan. 21, with highlights on Jan. 27-28.
‘For the weeklong, not less than 200,000 along the str…
MANILA: The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Thursday to benefit overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are planning to go back to the Philippines for good.
In a state…
MANILA: The Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) sees up to a 25-percent growth in travel bookings this year, supported by the strong appetite among Filipinos to go on trips both domestic and foreign destinations.
In a press conference in Ma…
MANILA: The Supreme Court (SC) has turned down a petition filed against the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to bare all the details of the automated election system (AES), including a plea for the poll body to authorize physical visits to its inform…
MANILA: The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) has projected that the Philippines will emerge as the fastest growing economy in the region, especially if the government manages the country’s inflation well.
The AMRO reported Thursday that i…