COURTESY OF PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. PHILIPPINE shares rallied on Monday as investors went bargain hunting and as sentiment improved after several companies released their earnings reports for the second quarter. The Philippine Stock Exchange Read More

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN METRO Manila mayors have agreed to impose an 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew starting Aug. 6, when a two-week strict lockdown takes effect to contain a more contagious Delta coronavirus Read More

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS LOW-INCOME residents of Metro Manila will get P1,000 each in cash aid before a two-week enhanced lockdown that will start on Aug. 6, according to the presidential palace. Budget officials were set Read More

PEOPLE line up for vaccination on Aug. 2 at the Festive Walk Transport Hub 2 inside the Megaworld Business Park in Iloilo City. — @FESTIVEWALKILOILO SEVERAL LOCAL governments across the country are taking various measures to prevent a Read More

BAGUIO PIO THE GOVERNMENT has so far recorded P1.87 billion worth of damage to public structures and agricultural produce due to weeks of incessant rains brought by the southwest monsoon. The Department of Public Works Read More

IRRIGATION projects totaling P46.92 million were recently inaugurated in Camarines Sur, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said. NIA, in a statement on Monday, said it launched on July 28 to 29 the following: P26.16 million Pump House Read More

TWO FOREIGN fugitives, a Taiwanese and a Korean, both wanted in their respective countries for intimidation, fraud, and money laundering were arrested by Philippine immigration officers last week. In a news release on Sunday, the Read More

SENATE.GOV.PH THE DEPARTMENT of Budget and Management (DBM) is expected to submit the government’s 2022 spending plan as scheduled on or before August 25 even with Secretary Wendel E. Avisado’s sick leave, according Read More

PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES LABOR Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III called on the Philippine government to fast-track the ratification of the 1986 instrument that amends the constitution of the International Labor Organization (ILO), which he Read More

BW FILE PHOTO THE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) collected P58.183 billion in duties and taxes in July, exceeding a monthly target once again on improving imports, it said in a statement Monday. Last month’s Read More