PH forest product exports up in Q1 2019 – PSA

MANILA – The country’s January to March’s free-on-board receipts for forest product exports increased further this year, according to the latest data of the...

Pag-IBIG Fund posts P9B net income in Q1 2019, up 11%

MANILA – Pag-IBIG Fund recorded higher earnings in the first three months of the year as demand for its loan products surge and collections...

SM Investments net income up 26 percent in Q1

MANILA – SM Investments Corp said Thursday it posted net income of P10.7 billion in the quarter ending March, up 26 percent from the...

Windshield woes: Dealing with the damages

HAVE you ever found yourself in the middle of a drive when suddenly, you noticed a crack or a chip in your windshield? It’s...

January-April biz registration in NegOcc up almost 66 percent

BACOLOD City – Total number of businesses registered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Occidental increased by almost 66 percent...

DTI urges suspension of operations of alleged ‘Chinese-only’ food park

MANILA – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has called for the suspension of a food park in Las Piñas City, which allegedly...

Energy dep’t assures adequate power supply until election day

MANILA – Top officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) assured the availability of sufficient electricity on Election Day this Monday (May 13), adding...

Duterte: Budget row dragged down economy

MANILA – Bickering in Congress over the approval of the 2019 national budget is to blame for the slow economic growth in the first...

PH nurses, hospitality workers in demand in Australia, says Ilongga migration agent

ILOILO City – It is easy to be surrounded by triggers when one lives outside of his own country. For Johanna Bertumen Nonato who was...

Palace confident of achieving 2019 GDP growth target

MANILA – Malacañang has expressed confidence that the target gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate for 2019 will be achieved. "President Rodrigo Duterte and the...