14 Aussie firms to hold biz mission in PH

MANILA: Fourteen Australian investment funds and corporations will be in the country for a business mission next month, the Australian Embassy in Manila said.

According to the Embassy, the Australian Business Mission will be held in Makati City from …

MCMC Conducting Consumer Satisfaction Survey For Private Broadcasting

PUTRAJAYA, The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is in the midst of conducting a Consumer Satisfaction Survey For Private Broadcasting 2024 (CSS-B 2024) online and through telephone calls.

The survey began yesterday and will …

PBBM distributes aid to oil-spill affected individuals in Cavite

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday led the distribution of over PHP165 million worth of presidential assistance to fisherfolk and families affected by the massive oil spills off the waters in Bataan.

During the ceremonial distribu…

Budget deficit declines in July

MANILA: The national government’s budget deficit went down by 39.67 percent in July as revenue growth surpassed the increase in spending, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said.

Data released on Wednesday showed that the budget deficit during the mont…

Active mpox cases now 5: DOH

MANILA: The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded two more cases of mpox (formerly monkeypox) -one each in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Calabarzon – bringing the total active cases to five.

In a news release, the DOH said both cases have t…

Families settle clan war in Maguindanao Sur

SHARIFF AGUAK: A long-standing ‘rido’ (clan war) in Maguindanao del Sur ended Tuesday afternoon here after mediation initiatives by the Peace, Security, and Reconciliation Office of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PSRO-BARMM) and …

Zuckerberg claims US admin pressured Meta to censor Covid-19 content

ISTANBUL: Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of the social media service Facebook and CEO of its parent company Meta, claimed on Tuesday that the Biden administration pressured the company to “censor” specific coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) content duri…