PH exports need to grow 40% to catch up with 2024 target

MANILA: Philippine exports of goods and services should grow by 40 percent to catch up with the over PHP140-billion export revenues target for 2024 under the Philippine Export Development Program (PEDP), a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) offici…

PDEA-BARMM seizes P6.8-M shabu in Maguindanao Norte

COTABATO CITY: Authorities seized some PHP6.8 million worth of shabu abandoned by a drug personality in Sultan Mastura town, Maguindanao del Norte on Tuesday afternoon.

Director Gil Cesario Castro of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro …

Negros Oriental preps for high dengue cases due to extreme weather

DUMAGUETE CITY: The Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Negros Oriental is looking at the possible rise of dengue cases due to the El Niño phenomenon predicted to start this month with extreme weather conditions such as heavy rainfall and extreme dry sp…

Israel puts up library in Taguig school

MANILA: The Israel Embassy in Manila has turned over a fully-furnished library to an elementary school in Taguig City.

Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss inaugurated the Jerusalem Learning Resource Center at Bagong Tanyag Elementary Scho…

PBBM hopeful for Veloso’s clemency; reports case progress to Widodo

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is hoping clemency will be given ‘at the appropriate time’ to Mary Jane Veloso as he relays the progress on the case filed against her recruiters in the Philippines.

During a meeting with Indonesian President…

DMCI group maintains positive outlook for 2024

MANILA: Diversified conglomerate DMCI Holdings Inc. has maintained its positive outlook for 2024 due to cooling inflation and stabilizing interest rates.

‘Overall, we expect the DMCI group to deliver another resilient performance this year,’ DMCI Hol…

Afternoon briefing on January 10

Hanoi: The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

– Hai Duong is envisioned to become a modern industrialised province and a key industrial hub in the Red River Delta by 2030, according to a master pla…