The Philippines’ annual total export sales from January to February 2023 reached $10.33 billion. Photo shows a man resting inside a floating house near a container port warehouse in Navotas, Manila. JONATHAN CELLONA, ABS-CBN NEWS/FILE PHOTO

PH posts $3.88B trade deficit in Feb.

THE Philippines' trade deficit in February registered an annual decline of 2.7 percent to $3.88 billion, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said yesterday. Total export...
Photo shows the positioned tail body of a tunnel boring machine at a depot in Barangay Ugong, Valenzuela City for the Metro Manila subway project. NIÑO JESUS ORBETA/PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER PHOTO

DOTr to complete 18 airport maintenance projects by June

THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) intends to complete the maintenance of 18 airports by June. At a Palace press briefing yesterday, DOTr secretary Jaime Bautista...

Foreign direct investments decline in January

THE Philippines booked $448 million in net inflows of foreign direct investments (FDI) in January this year – 45.7 percent lower compared to the...
Around 64.1 million subscriber identity module cards have been registered in the Philippines as of Sunday, April 9. PHOTO COURTESY OF GMA NEWS

DICT urges Filipinos to register SIMs as deadline looms

WITH the deadline only a little over two weeks away, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is urging mobile phone users to...
Palm Concepcion Power Corporation external affairs specialist, Engr. Cleope Lena (second from left), handed over the personal protective equipment to personnel of the Environmental Management Bureau Region VI on March 16.

PCPC donates PPEs for oil spill cleanup

HEEDING the call of the Environmental Management Bureau Region VI (EMB VI) to respond to the massive oil spill in Oriental Mindoro, Palm Concepcion...
Pump prices of petroleum products are set to be hiked by more than P1 today. AJ PALCULLO/PN

Big hike in fuel prices set today

OIL firms are set to implement another large hike in pump prices today. In separate advisories, Petron Corp., Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. and Seaoil Philippines...
Passengers arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Terminal 3 in Pasay City on April 5, 2023. The country aims to attract nearly 5 million foreign visitors this year. MARK DEMAYO/ABS-CBN NEWS PHOTO

Revenge travel: PH hotels, resorts full during Holy Week

FILIPINOS splurged on "revenge travel" during the Holy Week, a travel association said yesterday, as hotels and resorts were bursting at the seams for...
The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura said the government should look into providing assistance for local hog raisers and farmers as the African Swine Fever continues to spread. PHOTO COURTESY OF ABS-CBN NEWS

‘Unlimited,’ ‘untested’ pork imports blamed for spread of ASF

THE Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) blamed what it called the “unlimited” and “untested” importation of pork into the Philippines for the continued spread...
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Diokno eyes satellite tech to fight inflation

FINANCE secretary Benjamin Diokno is eyeing satellite mapping to help the Philippines fight inflation. “We want to introduce science into decision making and that’s what...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue is urging the public to pay their annual income taxes ahead of the April 17, 2023 deadline. PHOTO COURTESY OF ABS-CBN NEWS

Be responsible, pay your taxes, taxpayers told

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will accept payment and filing of Annual Income Tax Returns (AITR) until April 17. AITR for 2022 are accepted...