SEOUL: South Korea’s exports moved up for the sixth consecutive month in March on the back of the robust performance of chips, data showed Monday.

Outbound shipments gained 3.1 percent on-year to USD56.5 billion last month, according to the data comp…

MANILA: The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has issued a circular setting the requirements for the Philippine Privacy Mark Certification Program (PPMCP) to boost personal data protection in the country.

In a statement on Monday, the NPC said Circul…

MANILA: The country’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) recorded a modest growth in March this year at 50.9.

March’s PMI was slightly lower than February’s 51 but a PMI above 50 is still considered growth.

The manufacturing PMI gauges t…

MANILA: The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has logged 1,040,707 passengers from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, higher by 12 percent compared to the 926,755 passengers that the country’s main gateway had during the same period last year, data…

MANILA: The Enforcement and Security Service of the Enforcement Group (ESS-EG) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported the seizure of PHP43.40 billion worth of smuggled goods in 2023.

In a statement Monday, Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio reported that…

TACLOBAN CITY: There is no confirmed human transmission of bird flu in Leyte province, weeks after the detection of the first-ever Avian Influenza case in the region, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.

Citing the latest report from the regio…

ILOILO CITY: Hundreds of public schools in Western Visayas shifted to alternative mode of learning delivery on Monday following the suspension of face-to-face (F2F) classes due to extreme heat, according to the Department of Education (DepEd) in the r…

MANILA: The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is set to issue a notice of violation against two private contractors of Globe Telecom Inc. (Globe) due to unfinished road works along the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) during the Holy…