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September 16, 2024

OFW remittances up by over 3% in July

Manila: Personal remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) went up by 3.2 percent in July this year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

Data released by the BSP on Monday showed that personal remittances amounted to USD3.43 billion i…

Senate OKs expanded college equivalency, accreditation program

Manila: Senators unanimously approved on Monday Senate Bill No. 2568 or the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) Act, which seeks to enable senior high school and technical vocational school graduates to obtain co…

Camarines Sur, Albay towns suspend classes due to heavy rainfall

LEGAZPI CITY – The provincial government of Camarines Sur and several local government units in Albay suspended classes on Monday due to heavy rains brought by weather disturbances.

In a memorandum, Camarines Sur Governor Vincenzo Renato Luigi Villa…

Baguio tourism group preps for 16K servings of fried rice

BAGUIO CITY – Fried rice enough for 16,000 servings will be the centerpiece of the 17th Hotel and Restaurant Tourism (HRT) Weekend here next month.

In a briefing on Monday, Hotel and Restaurant Association of Baguio (HRAB) president and Baguio Count…

House to uphold accountability in defending public coffers

Manila: The House of Representatives vowed to ensure that public resources are spent wisely, effectively, and with “absolute accountability” as it started the plenary deliberations on the proposed PHP6.352 trillion 2025 national budget Monday.

In his…

Local bourse up as investors anticipate Fed rate cut, peso strong

Manila: The local stock barometer remained in the positive territory on Monday sustaining its strength at the 7,000 level, while the peso also finished strong.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose 1.16 percent to 7,104.20, with All Shares …

DPWH: P280-M road improvement projects completed in Pampanga

Manila: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Monday reported the completion of road enhancement projects worth PHP280.31 million in Pampanga province.

In a report, DPWH-3 (Central Luzon) director Roseller Tolentino said the works inv…