Category: General

MANILA: Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will embark on a state visit to the Philippines from Oct. 6 to 7, the Korean Embassy in Manila announced Thursday.

Korean Ambassador Lee Sang-hwa said this visit would be the first by a Korean president after mo…

MANILA: Education Secretary Sonny Angara on Thursday highlighted the need to love and honor Filipino teachers as the country celebrates Teacher’s Day.

“Isa po sa unang sinabi niya (President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.) sa akin alagaan natin ang ating mg…

BAGUIO CITY: Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) gears to cut further the already single-digit systems loss of Baguio and Benguet’s sole electric distributor to benefit consumers through lower power costs.

In a briefing Thursday, Beneco general man…

Manila: The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said on Thursday the value-added tax (VAT) on resident and non-resident digital service providers is not a new tax.

‘This is not a new tax. RA No. 12023 only ensures that the VAT being paid by local digita…

MANILA: Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Thursday called on the local government units (LGUs) to practice prudent and efficient utilization of funds to realize the Marcos administration’s vision of a Bagong Pilipinas (New Philippines).

Panganda…

MANILA: Senator Loren Legarda has underscored the need to investigate local civil registrars (LCRs) and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to prevent the case of dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo from happening again.

In a press briefing on Thu…