Solon vows support to foreign investors in energy

MANILA: Senator Raffy Tulfo has promised to support foreign investors who want to invest in the field of energy in the Philippines.

Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy, made this promise in a dinner meeting with Singaporean business exec…

11-month remittances rise to $33.6B

MANILA: Personal remittances of overseas Filipinos (OFs) from January to November 2023 climbed to USD33.6 billion, almost 3 percent higher than the USD32.6 billion in the same period in 2022, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Monday.

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SSS-Bicol: Pensioners 80 and up must show up for verification by March

LEGAZPI: Pensioners of the Social Security System (SSS) who are 80 years old and above will soon be required to do the annual confirmation in person.

In an interview on Monday, SSS-Bicol spokesperson Jeanette Mapa said starting March this year, a tot…

Wild pangolin handed over to forest rangers

Ba Ria: A resident in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on January 15 handed over a Java pangolin, also known as the Sunda pangolin, weighing 2.5kg, to the forest ranger office in Chau Duc- Ba Ria, Ba Ria city.

Le Nhat Hoang, a member of a for…

Signal shutdown mulled at Dinagyang festival

ILOILO: Citing security reasons, the Police Regional Office-Western Visayas (PRO-6) asked the Iloilo City government anew to consider a signal shutdown of telecommunications network during the major events of the Dinagyang Festival.

Brig. Gen. Sidney…

Probe on reports of refusal of discount for seniors, PWDs pushed

MANILA: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday called for a congressional probe on reports that local establishments are denying senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) their mandated 20-percent discount.

Romualdez said there have been sever…

PNP: Focus crimes down 37% in first 11 days of 2024

MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded a 37 percent drop in focus crime incidents during the first 11 days of 2024.

In a press briefing at Camp Crame in Quezon City on Monday, PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. said focus crimes fr…