Category: General

MANILA: The local stock market closed mid-week lower, snapping its three-day rally on profit-taking, while the Philippine peso ended almost unchanged.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) fell 0.64 percent to 6,900.62, with All Shares also decl…

MANILA: The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) announced Wednesday its team-up with VolleyStation to elevate the federation’s data collection and competition management.

PNVF president Ramon ‘Tats’ Suzara sealed the partnership with Vol…

MANILA: The government has allocated about PHP3 billion for the cash gifts to elderly Filipinos aged 80, 85, 90, 95, and 100 in the proposed 2025 national budget, a lawmaker said on Wednesday.

In a statement, Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo said the PH…

DAVAO CITY: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration increased the disability pension of veterans to PHP10,000 from PHP1,700 monthly in November last year, according to the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office in Davao Region (PVAO-11).

‘They on…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the continued monitoring of areas ‘most vulnerable’ to mpox, Malacañang said Wednesday.

Marcos gave the order during his meeting with Department of Health (DOH) officials led by Secretary Teodoro …

MANILA: The Department of Health (DOH) has logged a total of 150,354 dengue cases nationwide from Jan. 1 to Aug. 10, around 39 percent higher than the tally for the same period last year.

In a statement Wednesday, the DOH said 396 deaths have been re…