MANILA -- Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday lamented the “meaningless loss of lives” in the bloody “misencounter” between soldiers and policemen in Sta. Rita, Samar, and stressed that preventing such instances from...
MANILA -- Two government agencies are looking at ways to strengthen livelihood programs for farmers to support the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and provide better outcomes for beneficiaries.
Acting Department of Social...
MANILA -- Trade and industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said government may begin requiring manufacturers or traders to put warning labels on high sugar content beverages as early as August this year.
On the...
MANILA -- Newly-appointed Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Marlon Casquejo will be heading the Steering Committee for next year's midterm elections.
This was announced by Comelec Chairman Sheriff Abas who led Casquejo's oath...
MANILA -- The Philippine peso will end the year at PHP54 to a US dollar, Fitch Group’s research arm forecasts.
BMI Research reported Wednesday that the outlook for the Philippine peso is weaker...
MANILA -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday welcomed a lawmaker’s proposal to hike the agency’s unconditional cash transfer (UCT) to PHP500.
The UCT is a cash subsidy provided...
