MANILA: Caraga and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the trough of a low pressure area (LPA), the weather bureau said Wednesday.
Flash floods or landslides may occur in these areas due to moderat…
BACOLOD CITY: Hog production in Negros Occidental decreased by 4.79 percent in 2023 due to the effects of African swine fever (ASF) and hog cholera, figures of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released on Wednesday showed.
Last year, the pro…
MANILA: Task Force El Niño on Wednesday warned that about 80 provinces may experience the adverse effects of the weather phenomenon, sparing only two provinces in the country.
This is as the number of provinces currently affected by El Niño has alrea…
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) is urging national agencies involved in advancing the government’s bamboo industry development program to commit funds to the effort to move it forward.
In an interview on Wednesday, Agriculture Undersecreta…
MANILA: The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) on Wednesday listed before the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Board its five-year retail treasury bonds (RTB) due on Feb. 28, 2029, which registered a record volume of PHP584.86 billion.
The debt paper has a …
MANILA: – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday welcomed the Senate approval of the Philippine Maritime Zones Bill on the third and final reading, saying it would harmonize the country’s law with the international treaty on the seas.
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MANILA: Defending champion National University (NU) downed Adamson University, 25-19, 25-27, 25-21, 25-18, for its second straight victory in the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament at the SMART Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday.
Nico Almendras ha…
MANILA: A wait-and-see stance for the release of the US’ January 2024 consumption expenditure data allowed the local bourse’s main index to take a breather but the peso weakened anew on Wednesday.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 0….