Filinvest Land posts record 30% growth in profit for 2023

MANILA: Filinvest Land, Inc. (FLI) reported a net income attributable to equity holders of the parent totaling PHP3.77 billion based on its audited financial statements, posting a record 30-percent increase compared to the previous year.

FLI’s total …

Letran rolls to 5th straight win in NCAA juniors’ basketball

MANILA: Letran clobbered Arellano University, 106-85, to extend its winning streak to five in the NCAA Season 99 juniors’ basketball at the Filoil EcoOil Arena in San Juan on Wednesday.

Daniel Padilla had a game-high 28 points to go with six rebounds…

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…

PBBM: Decision on PhilHealth premium hike out ‘very soon’

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said he will decide ‘very soon’ on the implementation of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) 5-percent premium rate increase.

‘It’s still under study but we’ll come to a conclusi…

DepEd posts 97% E-GASTPE utilization rate

MANILA: – The Department of Education (DepEd) has posted a 97 percent utilization rate of its 2024 budget amounting to about PHP40 billion for the Expanded Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (E-GASTPE).

E-GASTPE is De…

3 NPA rebels killed in Iloilo town clash

ILOILO: Three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed during an encounter with soldiers in the village of Torocadan, San Joaquin town in Iloilo before dawn Wednesday.

The 61st Infantry Battalion (61IB) of the 301st Infantry Brigade (301IBde) was c…

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…