THE PESO inched down on Thursday as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to cut output to support oil prices. — BW FILE PHOTO THE PESO slipped versus the dollar on Thursday after oil exporting countries announced an output cut, fanning inflation concerns. The local unit closed at P58.653 against the greenback on […]Read More

BW FILE PHOTO PHILIPPINE STOCKS declined on Thursday after a three-day climb on profit taking and after the world’s major oil-producing countries agreed to cut output, which may affect inflation. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) went down by 54.32 points or 0.9% to close at 5,934.27 on Thursday, while the broader all shares lost […]Read More

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN THE PHILIPPINE government aims to release about 5,000 inmates by next year, as it tries to decongest the world’s most crowded jails, its Justice chief told the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday. “We are decentralizing our congested prison system,” Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said in his […]Read More

PHILIPPINE STAR/ JESSE BUSTOS A SENATOR has filed a resolution seeking to probe the trustworthiness of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s (PCSO) lotto games after 433 people won a P236-million jackpot. “There is a need to make sure that the processes involved in the conduct of the lotto games by the PCSO are honest and […]Read More

SCREENGRAB FROM PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Wednesday night said his government would take a major role in keeping peace in the region amid disputes between the United States and China and nuclear threats from North Korea. “I do not think we have a choice,” he told a media forum, […]Read More

PHILSTAR PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has appointed a law professor and constitutionalist to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the agency said in a statement on Thursday.  Appointed commissioner was Ernesto Ferdinand P. Maceda, Jr., who taught election, administrative and constitutional law at De La Salle University, Far Eastern University and the Ateneo de Manila […]Read More

SENATE.GOV.PH SENATE President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri on Thursday said the upper chamber of Congress is on schedule as it directs budget deliberations towards the country’s recovery, with proposed funds focused on revenue generation and programs to tame inflation.    “The direction of the national government as you can see in the budget is, first of […]Read More

SENATORS on Thursday questioned a P10-billion fund under the anti-communist task force’s proposed 2023 budget, citing the ad hoc body’s failure to use more than half of a similar allocation last year. Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay pointed out during a Senate Finance Committee hearing that only P3.2 billion worth of projects have been […]Read More

PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZ JOHN ROSALES A HIGH-RANKING Malacañang official assured the family of slain radio journalist Percival Mabasa that President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s administration is ready to provide assistance and is closely monitoring the case.     “We are ready to help. The President wants to send that message,” Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin said at […]Read More

BIRD FLU, or the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1, has been detected in nine provinces in Luzon and one in Mindanao, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).   “From June 10 to Sept. 15, new confirmed cases were reported in the (Luzon) provinces of Benguet, Kalinga, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Laguna, […]Read More