HCM City boosts tourism promotion to lure travelers

Hanoi: Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism industry has recorded positive signs as many international travelers have chosen the metropolis as part of their journeys in early 2024.

The southern hub served 75,000 foreign visitors during the recent Lunar New Yea…

BTr lists record-high 5-year retail treasury bonds

MANILA: The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) on Wednesday listed before the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Board its five-year retail treasury bonds (RTB) due on Feb. 28, 2029, which registered a record volume of PHP584.86 billion.

The debt paper has a …

DFA: PH maritime zones act to ‘harmonize’ domestic law with UNCLOS

MANILA: – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday welcomed the Senate approval of the Philippine Maritime Zones Bill on the third and final reading, saying it would harmonize the country’s law with the international treaty on the seas.

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NU downs Adamson for 2nd win in UAAP men’s volleyball

MANILA: Defending champion National University (NU) downed Adamson University, 25-19, 25-27, 25-21, 25-18, for its second straight victory in the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament at the SMART Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday.

Nico Almendras ha…

PSEi recovers, peso weakens further

MANILA: A wait-and-see stance for the release of the US’ January 2024 consumption expenditure data allowed the local bourse’s main index to take a breather but the peso weakened anew on Wednesday.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 0….

P10-B increase for 4Ps budget in 2024 to benefit 4.4M beneficiaries

MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is pleased with the higher 2024 budget allotment of PHP112.8 billion for the 4.4 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), a senior official of the agency sa…

Holding Charter reforms plebiscite with 2025 polls to save gov’t P13B

MANILA: Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Wednesday said the PHP13 billion savings from simultaneously holding the 2025 midterm elections and the plebiscite to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution can be used to boost other prog…