MANILA: The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) has signed a USD25-million investment agreement with a Singapore-based renewable energy (RE) company, promoting green developing in investment promotion agencies.
APECO and Pacif…
MANILA: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday assured that it would comply if Congress decides to grant an across-the-board legislated wage increase for workers nationwide.
In a statement, the DOLE said its function and duty is t…
MANILA: The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) expressed readiness to assist an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Jeddah after her husband stabbed and killed their 9-year-old son and wounded a 14-year-old daughter.
OWWA administrator Arne…
ILOILO CITY: Over PHP68.57 million in combined aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and local government units were provided to families affected by the El Niño weather phenomenon in Western Visayas.
Data from the Office o…
DAVAO CITY: The city government has collected some PHP1.4 million of fines from anti-smoking ordinance violators during the first quarter of the year, the Vices Regulation Unit (VRU) and the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) reported Thursday.
In an in…
ODIONGAN: The inflation slowdown in this province last month was due to an aggressive agriculture sector that managed to build up food stocks before the full brunt of the dry spell was felt, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) pro…
JAKARTA: The Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG) recorded eruptive activity of volcanic ash soaring up to five kilometers above the peak of Mount Ibu on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, on Thursday.
The eruption occurred …