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House panel vows funding support for Duterte’s massive infra plan

MANILA, July 11 -- The chairman of the House of Representatives’ appropriations committee on Tuesday vowed to provide funding support for the ambitious infrastructure program of the Duterte administration which would...

Quake damages 6 NGCP Substation transformers in Ormoc

TACLOBAN CITY, July 11 -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Tuesday bared plans to transport transformers from Cebu to replace the damaged devices at their Substation in...

DND chief says entire PH behind troops wounded in Marawi fighting

MANILA, July 11 -- The entire country has your back. This was the message of Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana as he visited troopers, wounded-in-action in the ongoing fighting...

SBMA keeps upbeat mood in 1st half

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Good news kept coming out of the Subic Bay Freeport in the first half of this year, as the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority reported continuing growth in...

Trade deficit widens to USD2.75B in May

MANILA, July 11 - The Philippines posted a trade deficit of USD2.753 billion in May 2017, higher than the USD2.24 billion deficit a year ago.  This after imports grew by 16.6...

Q2 GDP likely grew 6.4% —NEDA chief

MANILA, July 11 -- The Philippine economy likely expanded by about 6.4 percent in the second quarter, recording the same pace of growth in the first quarter, on the back of...

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