BTA opens Press Club at Bulgarian Antarctic base on Livingston Island

The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) opened a national press club at the Bulgarian Antarctic base on Livingston Island on Feb. 9.

Attending the event were BTA Director General Kiril Valchev, Bulgarian Ambassador to Argentina Stoyan Mihaylov, the leader o…

Hefty oil price hike set Feb. 20

Big-time oil price hikes will greet consumers on Tuesday morning as companies will increase pump prices by more than PHP1 per liter.

In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, PTT, Seaoil and Shell said they will hike gasoline pri…

Himamaylan City develops housing project for gov’t employees

The City of Himamaylan in Negros Occidental has proposed a collaboration with National Home Mortgage Finance Corp. (NHMFC) to finance the ongoing development of housing units for government employees in Barangay 3 Poblacion.

Mayor Rogelio Raymund To…

PHLPost presents centenarian personalized stamp to JPE

MANILA: The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) has presented the centenarian personalized stamp and commemorative cover to former Senate President and now Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile during the celebration of his 100th birt…

Over 7K Palestinians arrested since Oct. 7

RAMALLAH: The number of Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank has risen to 7,060 since Oct. 7, the prisoner’s affairs groups said Saturday.

This developed as 20 more Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli Army during the past 24 hours.

‘The Isra…

11-month infra spending reaches P1T in 2023

MANILA: Expenditures of the national government for infrastructure and other capital outlays grew to P1.02 trillion from January to November 2023.

This is an 18.5 percent or P159.8 billion increase to what was recorded in the same period in 2022 at P…

3K Siquijor residents get cash, rice aid under CARD program

MANILA: Around 3,000 residents of Siquijor province on Sunday received assistance under the Cash and Rice Distribution (CARD) Program, a project under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

CARD is a joint initiative of Speaker Ferdi…