Category: General

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has moved the period for the filing of certificates of candidacy for next year’s Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections.

In Comelec Resolution No. 11051 released…

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday honored his father and namesake, the late former president Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr., on his 107th birth anniversary.

The younger Marcos took to social media to celebrate his father’s birthday, c…

MANILA – About 40 percent of the Philippines’ development finance from China is associated with at least one type of ESG (economic, social, and governance) risk, results of a study show.

The findings were presented during a media briefing on Wednesd…

MANILA – The local stock market ended the day in the positive territory, snapping its four-day rally while the peso closed stronger than the US dollar on Wednesday.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) fell 0.57 percent to close at 6,944.88, w…

MANILA – Telecommunications firm Globe on Wednesday reported that a significant chunk of all cable thefts in the country occurred in the Greater Manila Area (GMA) in the first half of 2024, followed by the Visayas and Southern Luzon.

In a report on …

DUMAGUETE CITY – Hundreds of residents in critical villages near Mt. Kanlaon in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental have evacuated as the volcano continues to pose an imminent threat with its increased seismic activity.

Edna Lhou Masicampo, Canlaon City i…