Category: General

Senate OKs expanded college equivalency, accreditation program

Manila: Senators unanimously approved on Monday Senate Bill No. 2568 or the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) Act, which seeks to enable senior high school and technical vocational school graduates to obtain co…

Lawyer seeks to nullify Comelec rule on party-list nominees

Manila: Lawyer Romulo Macalintal has filed a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) questioning the validity of a resolution of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) which allows public officials to continue holding office even after being nominated a…

TD Gener to make landfall in Isabela, Aurora

Manila: Tropical Depression (TD) Gener is expected to make landfall within the next 24 hours in the provinces of Isabela and Aurora, while Tropical Storm Pulasan may also enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) late Tuesday.

In its 11 a.m. …

OFW remittances up by over 3% in July

Manila: Personal remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) went up by 3.2 percent in July this year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

Data released by the BSP on Monday showed that personal remittances amounted to USD3.43 billion i…