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Unlicensed design software in construction sector continues to proliferate in PHL, Southeast Asian countries
China market turns frosty for Taiwan books, as tensions rise
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwanese author Iris Chiang hardly seems like the type whose work would be banned from publication in…
7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Haiti; leader says lives lost
The impoverished country, where many live in tenuous circumstances, is vulnerable to earthquakes and hurricanes. It was struck by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in 2018 that killed more than a dozen people, and a vastly larger magnitude 7.1 quake that damaged much of the capital in 2010 and killed an estimated 300,000 people.
Covid death toll in PHL reaches 30k mark; over 14k new cases
The Philippines reached a grim milestone on Saturday after the Covid-19 death toll in the country reached 30,000…
MMDA: No agreement among Metro mayors to extend ECQ
The Metro Manila mayors have not agreed to extend the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until August 30, the…
Lockdown not remedy for Covid surge, say employers, as NCR mayors deny agreeing to extension
REOPENING the economy is necessary to prevent further economic damage and job losses, along with the continued rollout…
PHL logs 14,249 new Covid infections on Saturday
The Philippines reached a grim milestone on Saturday after the Covid-19 death toll in the country reached the 30,000 mark, while 14,249 additional infections were also logged, bringing the total number of cases to 1, 727,231.
Climate wake-up call
PHL groups on IPCC report on climate change: Scale up mitigation efforts, and act now!
Overwhelmed by Covid-19: A day inside a Louisiana hospital
JEFFERSON, Louisiana — Before the latest surge of the coronavirus, Louisiana neurologist Robin Davis focused on her specialty:…
DTI chief: No ECQ extension talks yet
The Covid-19 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has not yet discussed a possible extension of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ)…
GIR keeps growth trend, rises $790M to $106.5B in end-July
THE country’s dollar defenses continued to grow in July this year, boosting the country’s foreign exchange cushion against…
PHL workers suffered largest work-hour losses in SEA in pandemic–ILO report
FILIPINO workers suffered the largest working-hour losses in Southeast Asia during the pandemic, according to a new report…
AUMs grew 41.3% in Q1 despite pandemic–BSP
ASSETS of trust entities grew in the country in the first quarter of the year, despite the economic…
IATF downgrades Laguna, Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo Cities to MECQ
The government has downgraded the community quarantine classification in Laguna, Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro Cities. Presidential spokesman…
Private schools to pursue online learning in face of Delta threat
The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations of the Philippines (COCOPEA) has assured that private schools are committed…
At least half a million doses of Astra, Sputnik Covid vaccines land at Naia
Some 578,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) on Friday morning from…
Friday the 13th PHL Covid count: 13,177 new infections, 2nd highest single-day record
The Philippines has again set another single day record high of new Covid -19 infections after recording 13,177…
FDA chief says only 735 out of 24,479,750 contract virus after full or partial vaccination
A total of 735 individuals, who are either partially or fully vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccine, caught the disease,…
PHL Covid surge spurs worst stocks rout since June 2020
Philippine stocks tumbled the most in more than a year on fears coronavirus infections will rise further and…
Travel restrictions on India, 9 other countries extended
The government has extended until the end of the month the travel restriction for inbound travelers in 10…
578,000 doses of AstraZeneca, 15,000 Sputnik V arrived at NAIA
Around 578,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived Friday, August 13 from Taipei on board China Airlines. Vaccine czar and…
IATF re-classifies Laguna, Iloilo City and CDO to MECQ
The government downgraded the community quarantine classification in Laguna, Iloilo City and Cagayan de Oro City. Presidential spokesperson…
Delta-positive travelers from 10 Asian countries still restricted to enter PHL until end of August
The government extended until the end of the month the travel restriction for inbound travelers in 10 Asian…
Senators ready resolution to ask Comelec to extend voter listing
Seven senators lined up Thursday as initial authors of a proposed Senate Resolution prodding the Commission on Elections…
To boost recovery, BSP keeps rates low
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) decided to keep its monetary policy at record-lows on Thursday despite its…
Digital ecosystem in region sees $23-billion revenue options
THE digital ecosystem in Southeast Asia is seen to generate revenue opportunities amounting to $23 billion by 2025,…
‘PHL current account may revert to deficit’
INTERNATIONAL think tank Fitch Solutions warned that the Philippines could face challenges managing its current account deficit over…
Solons prod govt on vaccine passports
LAWMAKERS on Thursday moved to speed up issuance by the Philippine government of internationally accepted Covid-19 vaccine certificates…
DOF chief: More REIT offerings to catalyze growth, recovery
FINANCE Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III sees the growing number of Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) offerings as…
Judiciary mourns the passing of its first “homegrown” justice
THE judiciary mourned on Thursday the passing of retired Associate Justice Jose Portugal Perez, who was referred to…
Duque: No anomaly in DOH meds flagged by COA
The Department of Health (DOH) said there is no anomaly regarding the P95.15 million worth of expired or…
No major damage after strongest earthquake strikes Davao Region
DAVAO CITY – The Davao Region awoke at predawn Thursday to one of the strongest quakes to hit…
Let’s drink to that: Imported spirits in PHL to reach P50 billion by 2025
The consumption of imported alcoholic beverages in the Philippines is expected to reach P50 billion by 2025, according…
Aquaculture bill up for House plenary approval
The House Committee on Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources has recently endorsed for plenary approval a bill institutionalizing the…
Aliw Broadcasting Corporation gets digital ready
IN line with its commitment to bring credible news, relevant information, and public service to its avid listeners,…
Duterte tells DOH: Reply to COA audit report
PRESIDENT Duterte ordered the Department of Health (DOH) to address the audit report which flagged its alleged “deficiencies”…
Senators seek probe of DOH’s ₧67.3-B COA-flagged funds
AT least four senators on Thursday sought a Senate investigation into the Commission on Audit (COA) report on…
DOLE issues clarification to DBM, says P12-billion TUPAD fund spent
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has already used up its P12-billion Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced…
Ex-DAR chief presses fresh count of CARP-awarded lands
Former Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano on Thursday called for a nationwide validation of the status…
Neda prods DA to speed up meat imports docs’ issuance
THE National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) is pushing the Department of Agriculture (DA) to fast-track the issuance…
Duterte OKs release of ₧3.8B for Laguna, Bataan, Metro cash-assistance beneficiaries
President Duterte has approved the release of a total of P3.783 billion to provide cash aid to residents…
DOH: 177 new Delta variant cases in PHL
A TOTAL of 177 additional Delta (B.1.617.2) variant cases were detected in the country on Thursday, the Department…
DOH reports 177 new Delta cases; total cases in PHL now 627
A total of 177 additional Delta (B.1.617.2) variant cases were detected in the country on Thursday, the Department…
DOH: Pregnant women to be included in Expanded A3 category for Covid-19 vaccination
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday said that they will be revising the existing guidelines for pregnant…
DOF: 2022 jobless rate to remain ‘elevated’
THE country’s unemployment rate may remain “elevated” next year at between 6.7 and 7.6 percent, the Department of…
2 LNG projects expected to be done in Q2, Q3 ’22
TWO LNG (liquefied natural gas) projects are expected to be finished in the second and third quarters of…
DTI sees economy back to prepandemic levels by next year
AFTER the Philippine economy exited recession, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is anticipating a return to…
Fitch think tank cuts PHL growth forecast in 2021
INTERNATIONAL think tank Fitch Solutions has slashed its growth forecast of the Philippines for the year amid the…
BSP reminds banks to accept mutilated, doubtful currencies
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is urging local banks to accept mutilated or doubtful currencies. In a…
PHL government lobbies OFWs’ host countries to accept vaccination cards
PHILIPPINE government officials are scrambling to get foreign governments to accept the vaccination cards of overseas Filipino workers…
COA flags deficiencies in DOH handling of ₧67.3 billion
THE Commission on Audit (COA) on Wednesday flagged various deficiencies in the handling of P67.323-billion Covid-19 funds by…
Comelec to allow voters to reactivate status via email
Voters may soon “reactivate” their status with the Commission on Election (Comelec) via email. In her Facebook account,…
Highest 1-day tally in August of 12,021 new infections brings PHL total Covid cases to 1,688,040
The Philippines on Wednesday recorded the highest one-day tally of new Covid-19 cases in August after the Department…
House on move to probe Octa: We want to know them better
Lawmakers on Wednesday assured the public that the impending House investigation into analytics group Octa Research won’t not…
NG execs lead cash-aid payout for City of Manila beneficiaries, not Mayor Isko
There will be no delay in the distribution of cash aid from the national government (NG) for low-income…
PhilHealth finalizing Covid-19 home care package – DOH
AN official of the Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday said that the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)…
DPWH chief turns over to DOH new Covid health-care facility at Lung Center in QC
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Wednesday, turned over to the Department of Health (DOH)…
Good marks from COA buoy OWWA hopes on fresh P7.5-billion request
THE Commission on Audit (COA) has issued the highest audit rating to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)…
Locsin replaces QRS as passport delivery complaints mount
DUE to mounting complaints over the late delivery of Philippine-issued passports, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr.,…
De Lima: Gaps in contact tracing doom Covid efforts
DETAINED Senator Leila de Lima has deplored gaps in the government’s ongoing contact tracing efforts to effectively contain the Covid-19 contagion…
Duque: P67.3 billion Covid funds ‘accounted for’
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III denied that there was corruption involved in the P67.3 billion Covid funds…
COA flags deficiencies in DOH handling of P67.3B in Covid-19 response funds
THE Commission on Audit (COA) on Wednesday flagged various deficiencies in the handling of P67.323-billion Covid-19 funds by…
Caritas Manila taps Mayani, GrabPay to foster online giving for underprivileged youth
In the context of the ongoing pandemic that has brought more families deeper into poverty, digital platforms have…
PHL out of recession, but fragile–experts
THE Philippine economy may have technically exited recession but the uncertainty caused by the Delta variant is threatening…
May FDI down 25.4% on Covid ‘concern’
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Tuesday that long-term investments made by foreign investors to the…
What would it take to sustain growth? Lawmakers weigh in
ALTHOUGH the country technically exited from the pandemic-induced recession with the 11.8-percent GDP growth posted in the second…
With 72% of total loan portfolio, Japan still PHL top ODA source
JAPAN has been the Philippines’s largest bilateral source of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the past two decades,…
In Dubai, Filipina pulls no punches in jokes on Middle East life
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Peering out into the darkened audience of a Dubai bar, comedian Imah Dumagay leaned into…
Duterte told: Don’t use ‘ayuda’ distribution in partisan politics
Labor groups slammed President Duterte on Tuesday for allegedly engaging in partisan politics in the cash aid distribution in…
PHL to join investment, trade fair in China in September–DTI chief
The Philippines will be joining the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) 2021 from September 8…
9,000 OFWs remain in isolation facilities despite shortened quarantine period
A total of 9,000 returning overseas Filipino workers (OFW) still currently remain in isolation despite the new policy…
Hontiveros rues non-extension of voter registration, asks first-timers to be ready
SEN. Risa Hontiveros lamented on Tuesday the Commission on Elections’ decision not to extend the voter registration beyond…
PHL to get 148-M Covid-19 vax doses, ‘on track’–Neda
THE Philippines is set to receive 148 million more doses for the remainder of the year, bringing the…
Davao eyes building oxygen plant for Covid ‘mega’ surge
DAVAO CITY—The city government here plans to construct an oxygen plant to prepare for an expected “huge” demand…
Imports, consumers’ woes swell PHL’s frozen pork inventory
THE country’s frozen pork inventory has more than doubled to a record level of over 72,000 metric tons…
Over 19K tourism frontliners in NCR jabbed–DOT
GOVERNMENT has stepped up the vaccination of tourism frontliners in Metro Manila, with most coming from accommodation establishments…
Poll: PHL bosses boosting staff ‘experience’
A RECENT poll by a British multinational revealed Philippine employers are focusing on enhancing the “employee experience” amid…
Nationwide ‘data gathering’ by PNP worries Lacson
SEN. Panfilo Lacson admitted Tuesday he was alarmed on learning that Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar virtually admitted that there are…
Gordon: We are in a war situation against Covid
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is rushing the patient capacity expansion of its emergency field hospitals (EFH) at…
Duterte OKs disbursement of ₧910-M 2021 WTDIB perk for public school teachers–DepEd statement
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday announced that President Duterte has approved the release of some P910-million…
DBM may allot ₧700M in cash aid for Bataan residents; ₧2.715B for Laguna and additional ₧278M for NCR
The government is eyeing to release around P700 million to bankroll the cash aid to Bataan residents affected…
NEDA: Easing of tough Covid curbs allows GDP to bounce back in Q2
The country’s economy rebounded in the second quarter and posted a level of growth not seen in over…
Duterte OKs P5.024-trillion election year budget
PRESIDENT Duterte has approved the proposed P5.024-trillion 2022 national budget. Budget Undersecretary and Officer-In-Charge Tina Canda said the…
GDP was better than earlier estimate in Q1
THE Philippine economy performed better than earlier assumed in the first quarter of the year, according to the…
PHL now ‘high-risk’ from Covid
FROM “moderate” risk for Covid-19 less than a week ago, the Department of Health (DOH) said the Philippines…
No surprises from BSP at this week’s policy meeting, says Diokno
BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno assured markets that they continue to hold their stance of keeping…
Covid vaxx EUAs may stop once market sale is cleared
THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon stop issuing new emergency use authorization (EUA) for Covid-19 jabs…
Groups: Climate change action vital after IPCC report
THE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Working Group 1 Report, which Philippine nongovernment organizations said…
Palace showers medalists more cash incentives
THE oft-repeated “silver and/or bronze that glitter like gold” reverberated from Malacañang to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport…
Farm output shrinks 2.5% on livestock, poultry woes
DESPITE a bountiful crop harvest, the country’s farm output in the first half contracted by 2.5 percent as…
Sotto: Leni camp first reached out to us
IN an apparent bid to further set the record straight on Senator Panfilo Lacson’s proposal that Vice President…
Eastern Visayas rugged charm in focus in trade fair
MORE than 1,500 visitors registered for the first-ever hybrid Regional Trade Fair for Eastern Visayas, which closed on…
Firms that bar unvaxxed labor must pay wages
VICTIMS of a “no vaccine, no work” scheme will still get paid even without reporting for work, according…
DBM to allot P2.7 billion for cash aid beneficiaries in Laguna
The government is eyeing to allocate P2.7 billion to provide cash aid to people affected by the enhanced community…
Oil companies cut fuel pump prices
After weeks of oil price increases, oil firms announced Monday that they will reduce fuel pump prices this…
DILG official says ‘all hands on deck’ to boost government’s contact-tracing ratio
AN official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) admitted on Monday they are expecting…
Petecio’s condo unit is in Davao City’s Megaworld property
DAVAO CITY – The condominium unit promised to Olympic boxing silver medalist, Nesthy Petecio, is in this city’s…
‘MABUHAY, KABAYAN!’ | Airport personnel find ways to cheer on Olympic medalists as they fly home
EVEN as media teams were strictly prohibited from interviewing the triumphant Olympic medalists, airport personnel thronged the arrival…
Oil firms announce price rollback effective Aug. 10
AFTER weeks of oil price increases, oil firms announced Monday that they will reduce pump prices this week.…
Digital is the new pop
Who and what to expect in this year’s DigiCon Pop 2021