Taiwan donates P11.2-M for disaster relief in flood-hit Davao

MANILA: Taiwan, through the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), has donated USD200,000 or approximately PHP11.2 million to support Davao region’s ongoing disaster relief operations following the devastating flood and landslides in January.

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Bigger share of nat’l budget assures local gov’t compliance with SDGs

MANILA: Local government units (LGUs) are assured of a bigger share of the national budget in compliance with the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to allot more for projects that are crucial to advance Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs…

PEZA, US trade, commercial office vow to strengthen investment drive

MANILA: Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Tereso Panga welcomed United States Trade and Commercial Section officials to the PEZA Office for a briefing on the current state of US investments in Philippine economic zones.

The U…

PSEi continues to fall on profit-taking, peso ends sideways

MANILA: The local bourse declined for two consecutive days as investors continued to take profit, while the Philippine peso closed sideways Tuesday.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) finished this day’s trading lower by 30.82 points at 6,860…

Public health care, improvement among top priorities of Vietnam: President

Hanoi: The Party and State always place people at the centre of development, and caring for and improving people’s health is one of the important tasks and top priorities of Vietnam’s development policy, President Vo Van Thuong has affirmed.

He made …

RoK pharmaceutical firm transfers technology of 7 products to Vietnam

Hanoi: Genuone Sciences, the Republic of Korea’s leading pharmaceutical company, announced on February 26 that it signed a business agreement with Vietnam’s Imexpharm Joint Stock Company (IMP) on the transfer of technology for seven products, includin…

Digital transformation in health care – irreversible trend

Hanoi: An official of the Ministry of Health has called digital transformation in health care an irreversible trend.

Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Le Thu Hang, Deputy Director of the Department of Financial Planning, held that the Fourth Industrial R…