Energy dep’t releases draft rules for law that will slash electricity rates THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT has released the draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the Murang Kuryente Act, the law that allowed the use […]
Immigration bureau deports more than 300 Chinese nationals nabbed for telecom fraud More than 300 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in telecommunications fraud are set to be deported today, Thursday, Nov. 13, according to the Bureau […]
Duterte’s golden age of infrastructure will have to be completed by next president Rodrigo Duterte started his presidency with a promise that his time will be the golden age of infrastructure. While his vision is […]
7 dead, 20 wounded as troops, NPA clash in Eastern Samar SIX soldiers and a communist rebel were killed while 20 other troopers were wounded during a firefight on Monday afternoon in Borongan City, Eastern […]
FDI inflows declined 40% to $4.5 billion in eight months Net inflows of foreign direct investments fell 45 percent in August to $416 million from $758 million a year ago, as the uncertainty in the […]
Senate set to tackle 2020 budget in plenary The Senate is set to begin plenary debates Monday on the proposed ₱4.1-trillion 2020 budget. — CNN Philippines Duterte to certify as urgent bill banning single-use plastics […]
General government debt-to-GDP worsens in Q1 THE country’s consolidated general government (GG) debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio rose in the first quarter of 2019, the Department of Finance (DoF) reported on Thursday. — Manila Times […]
Philippines to resume stamping Chinese ‘Nine-Dash Line’ passports The Philippines immigration bureau on Wednesday said it has resumed stamping Chinese passports, whose pages bear a faint map showing Beijing’s expansive claim over the disputed South […]
China fired warning flares vs. PH military planes 6 times – AFP China fired warning flares against Philippine military aircraft conducting patrols near the artificial islands Beijing controls in the South China Sea, the Armed […]
Duterte, other leaders skip summit with US; Trump no-show Southeast Asian leaders including President Rodrigo Duterte skipped the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-United States Summit on Monday after American President Donald Trump was a no-show. […]
Duterte silent on Chinese incursions in West PH Sea at ASEAN-China summit Malacañang said President Rodrigo Duterte did not raise China’s incursions into the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and the ruling of an arbitral tribunal […]
3rd quake hits South, landslides alert raised Another strong earthquake hit Cotabato on Thursday morning, the third to hit the same area this month, sending people scrambling to open spaces seeking safety, as thousands of […]