New Partnerships to Shape Conversations on Sustainable Development in Global Metals and Minerals at Future Minerals Forum 2024 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Future Minerals Forum (FMF), scheduled to take place 9-11 January in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, today announced three new strategic partnerships to inform the global discourse on minerals […]
Day: December 27, 2023
BOI exceeds pre-pandemic investment approvals
MANILA: Investment approvals at the Board of Investments (BOI) has reached PHP1.16 trillion as of Dec. 18, which already exceeded the pre-pandemic level.
The BOI reported that the current approved investments were higher than the PHP1.14 trillion ple…
Trials and triumphs: Upholding the commitment to serve and protect
MANILA: The year 2023 has proven to be a moment of ups and downs for the Philippine National Police (PNP), as it saw trials and triumphs in fulfilling its mandate to serve and protect – from undertaking an intense crackdown on “narco police officers”,…
Ayuda in 2024 budget to help vulnerable Filipinos cope with El Niño
MANILA: A leader of the House of Representatives on Wednesday said the new cash transfers and other forms of subsidies in the 2024 national budget are expected to help vulnerable sectors cope with the potential rise in commodity prices due to the imp…
DA: Imported rice to arrive in PH until February 2024
MANILA: Around 76,000 metric tons of rice from Taiwan and India are scheduled to arrive in the Philippines this month and early January, an agriculture official said Wednesday.
In a news release, Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary and offi…
Actor Lee of ‘Parasite’ found dead in apparent suicide amid drug probe
SEOUL: Actor Lee Sun-kyun of the Oscar-winning film “Parasite” was found dead in an apparent suicide Wednesday amid an investigation into suspected drug use.
Police found a man in his 40s unconscious in a car near Waryong Park in central Seoul at 10:…
BFP urges precautions as fire hits grocery store in Ilocos Norte
LAOAG CITY: The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Wednesday urged the public anew to take all necessary precautions as fire hit a grocery store in a building located in Barangay 2, Garreta, Badoc, Ilocos Norte.
Responding firefighters from the BFP i…
Gov’t debt payments up 59% in Jan.-Oct. 2023
MANILA: The debt paid by the national government this year has already amounted to more than P1.47 trillion as of end-October, data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed.
Latest data from the BTr showed that the Marcos administration paid a to…