MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will travel to Brunei Darussalam for a state visit and Singapore for a defense summit next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Friday.

In a Palace briefing, DFA spokesperson Maria Teres…

MANILA: The total volume and value of domestic trade recorded a double-digit increase in the first quarter of the year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

In a report released on Friday, the PSA said the total quantity of domestic trade …

MANILA: Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Friday said China’s threat to arrest and detain foreigners entering what it claims are its territorial waters is a form of provocation.

“They threatened to arrest. That is…

MANILA: The local stock market ended the last trading day of the week in the negative territory, while the peso closed flat.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 40.10 points to close at 6,619.89, while All Shares also went down by 13.80 p…

TACLOBAN CITY: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Eastern Visayas has prepositioned PHP119.29 million worth of relief items in preparation for the possible impact of Tropical Depression Aghon in the region.

The available resou…

MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Academy has started a week-long training of house parents of residential children care facilities at the University of the Philippines Hotel in Diliman, Quezon City.

Some 38 house parent…

LEGAZPI CITY: Albayanos can expect more reliable power supply in the coming years from the Albay Electric Cooperative Inc. (Aleco) after the allotment of PHP500 million for the construction of two substations and rehabilitation of existing distributio…

LUCENA CITY: Residents of Calabarzon and Mimaropa regions seeking to travel abroad need not go to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) head office in Metro Manila for authentication services after its Lucena Consular Office opened an Apostille Rece…