Brunei News Gazette

Day: September 9, 2024

Marcos OKs sacking of BI Commissioner Tansingco

Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. approved the recommendation of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla to relieve Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco due to irregularities in the agency.

Communications Secretary Cesar C…

Bicol inflation rate decelerates to 4.2% in August

LEGAZPI CITY – The inflation rate in the Bicol Region slowed to 4.2 percent in August from 4.4 percent in July, according to a report from the Philippine Statistics Authority 5 (PSA-Bicol) on Monday.

Ray Merjilla, officer-in-charge of the PSA’s Stat…

Non-performing loan ratio of banks at 3.58% in July

Manila: The proportion of non-performing loans (NPLs) of banks to their total loans settled at 3.58 percent in July this year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

Data released by the BSP showed that the NPL ratio in July was slightly higher …

Over 1.3M liters of oil collected in resumption of siphoning ops

Manila: Oil siphoning from the sunken MTKR Terranova in Bataan province resumed over the weekend following a weeklong suspension due to inclement weather.

In a situation report, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said 1,304,878 liters of oily waste hav…

Found arms caches in Leyte, Samar sign of weakened NPA

TACLOBAN CITY – The recent discoveries of arms caches in Leyte and Samar provinces signal the victory of the government’s fight to end insurgency in the region, an official of the Philippine Army said on Monday.

Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, commander of…

DA expands gov’t-controlled vaccination vs. ASF to VisMin

Manila: Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Monday said the government-controlled vaccination against African swine fever (ASF) will be expanded to the Visayas and Mindanao.

‘We will cast a wider net to include La Uni…