The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has already established 145 Negosyo Centers in Eastern Visayas that will provide opportunities to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the region. Aside from business centers in seven cities and 136…
Plastic pollution is among the major environmental issues the world is facing today. Therefore, sustainability is the overarching solution to all environmental problems. In the context of achieving a clean, safe, healthy and sustainable environment, t…
Plastic pollution was the topic of discussion session held this morning during Environment Week 2023.Present was Engineer Awang Haji Amer Hishamuddin bin Pehin Orang Kaya Amar Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Zakaria, Permanent Secretary for Infras…
As Jinky Cabardo worked at her eatery in Batanes, a chain of islands that form the Philippines’ northernmost territory, a helper relayed some alarming news: The small archipelago province had run out of rice.This happened back in April amid talk that …
The government will likely surpass its revenue target for this year, Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno said.
“I think for full year [2023], we will surpass our target,” Diokno said during his weekly press chat.
The revenue target f…
The low pressure area (LPA) last tracked 500 kilometers east of Borongan City, Eastern Samar is unlikely to develop into a tropical cyclone, the weather bureau said Monday.
“This LPA is embedded along the ITCZ (intertropical convergence zone) and has …
A controversial law proposed by the ruling far-right coalition has again brought Muslims and their places of worship to the fore of Italy’s political discourse. If passed, the law could shut down hundreds of Islamic prayer spaces, a prospect triggerin…
The city government here recognized top business taxpayers on Monday for their timely and correct payments in 2022. Under the national-owned businesses, the city government identified Sanford Marketing Corp. with the highest business tax, followed by …
Saudi Arabia said around 1.2 million Muslim pilgrims have arrived in the kingdom for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. ‘About 1.2 million worshipers were received at the Two Holy Mosques,’ Sheikh Abdulrahman al-Sudais, head of the General Presidency for the…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has highlighted the importance of pursuing more environmental protection programs to beef up the country’s fight against climate change. Marcos said initiatives such as tree-planting would help mitigate the impacts on…