MANILA: Personal remittances of overseas Filipinos (OFs) from January to November 2023 climbed to USD33.6 billion, almost 3 percent higher than the USD32.6 billion in the same period in 2022, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Monday.
In Nove…
MANILA: Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel Jr. is planning to build more cold storage facilities at a food terminal in Taguig City to address overproduction and minimize post-harvest losses of agricultural products, particularly vegetables and…
LAOAG: Undernourished kids enrolled in child development centers (CDCs) in the 11 villages of Burgos, Ilocos Norte will be provided with hot meals for 120 days under the government’s supplemental feeding program (SFP).
This year’s SFP, which will sta…
LEGAZPI: A high-ranking leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) died in a clash with government troops in Barangay Togawe, Gubat town in Sorsogon province over the weekend.
In an interview on Monday, Maj. Frank Roldan, 9th Infantry Division (9ID) spoke…
BACOLOD: – A group of parolees and probationers in Victorias City, Negros Occidental are given a new lease on life through the reintegration programs provided by various government agencies.
They include 140 males and eight females supervised by the …
CEBU CITY: Mayor Michael Rama apologized on Monday to the Muslim community over an ‘inappropriate and insensitive’ Singkil dance performance during the launching of the Sinulog Festival 2024.
Rama, overall chair of the Sinulog Foundation Inc., said h…
MANILA: The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has called on the public to switch to digital television (TV) by purchasing digital-ready TVs or digital TV receivers ahead of the planned shutdown of analog TV.
During the Bagong Pilipinas Nga…