MALASIQUI: Inflation rate in the Ilocos Region decelerated anew in December 2023 to 2.3 percent from month-ago’s 2.9 percent, due mainly to slower upticks in the food and alcoholic beverages.
In a statement Monday, Philippine Statistics Authority (PS…
MANILA: The Finance department’s Privatization and Corporate Affairs Group collected a total of PHP99.98 billion in dividends from government-owned or -controlled corporations (GOCCs) last year.
In a statement on Monday, the Department of Finance (DO…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday expressed elation over the government’s successes in the fight against illegal drugs at the grassroots level.
This, after the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported that it had confiscated some P…
LAOAG CITY: Five outstanding students from Sarrat National High School (SNHS) in Ilocos Norte bagged three gold and two silver awards in the World International Mathematical Olympiad (WIMO) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Jan. 5 to 8.
“Mathletes of…
MALASIQUI: Health authorities are urging Pangasinenses to seek medical help immediately when experiencing symptoms of dengue fever after the province recorded 21 deaths and cases increased by 12 percent in 2023.
Data from the Provincial Health Office…
SARIAYA: Emergency services have become more accessible for residents of this town with the municipal government’s purchase of five new ambulances and a pick-up truck for local firefighters.
During Monday’s flag-raising ceremonies and blessing of the…
CAGAYAN DE ORO: The inauguration of a PHP150-million coconut processing plant will be part of Misamis Oriental’s celebration of its 94th founding anniversary and Kuyamis Festival.
“Kuyamis” is a local term for young coconut that is abundant in the pr…
LONDON: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock underscored the critical need for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, asserting that Israelis and Palestinians can only live side by side in peace “if one’s security equals the ot…
MANILA: The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has already completed more than half of its farm-to-market road target under its farm-to-market road network program.
In a short video message on Monday, Marcos said that after one and a…