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In a major effort to intensify the fight against cryptocurrency-related fraud in the country, Scam Watch Pilipinas has partnered with Chainabuse.
July 23, is celebrated annually as Philippines-Japan Friendship Day, as mandated by Proclamation No. 854 in 2006.
US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a new 19% tariff rate for goods from the Philippines after what he called a “beautiful visit” by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the White ...
THE PHILIPPINES needs to address inefficient land use, improve urban planning, and establish “smart” cities in the countryside to achieve first-world status by 2050, according to veteran architect and ...
THIS YEAR is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth and she hasn’t aged a bit as the cultural touchstone of classy romance. Her Pride and Prejudice anti-hero, Mr. Darcy, perennially pops up in ...
CREDIT DEMAND in emerging Asia could be dampened by trade uncertainties, S&P Global Ratings said, but bank lending in the Philippines has remained resilient despite these headwinds. “There are signs ...
Vitai Ratanakorn, the incoming governor of the Bank of Thailand, by his own admission, will start his new job in October at a difficult time. Growth in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy has ...
AROUND 90,000 customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) are affected by power outages as of 2 p.m. brought by heavy rains caused by southwest monsoon. In a statement on Tuesday, Meralco said that the ...
ABOUT P360 million worth of financial aid for indigent Filipinos affected by Severe Tropical Storm Wipha (Crising), a congressman said on Tuesday. President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. instructed the ...
THE GOVERNMENT Service Insurance System (GSIS) has appointed Executive Vice- President for Support Services Juliet M. Bautista as the state pension fund’s officer-in-charge (OIC) following the ...
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and policemen seized P1.7 million worth of crystal meth (shabu) from two peddlers entrapped in one of the barangays in this city on Monday.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said preliminary crop damage estimates totaled P134.7 million following heavy rains generated by tropical storm Crising and the southwest monsoon. Citing the DA’s ...