MANILA: The number of jobless Filipinos went down to 2.11 million in May this year from 2.17 million in May 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Monday.

Data released by the PSA showed that the unemployment rate in May was at 4.1 p…

LA TRINIDAD: At least 300 persons from different municipalities in this highly agricultural province received assistive devices and extern foot drop devices from ‘Akay ni Sol’ Partylist on Monday.

Dr. Meliarazon Dulay, Provincial Health Officer II of…

SAN NICOLAS: The provincial government of Pangasinan is allocating an initial PHP200 million for development projects in Barangay Malico in this town, one of the province’s four focus areas for tourism.

The province has declared the mountainous villa…

MANILA: The Japan Tobacco International (JTI), a global tobacco firm, has lauded the efforts of the Marcos administration in curbing illicit cigarette trade.

However, more has to be done, JTI Philippines director for fiscal and regulatory affairs Rob…

MANILA: The economic managers of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. laid out the administration’s strategies to safeguard the Philippine economy from internal and external headwinds as it continues to recover from the impacts of the pandemic.

Departme…

CEBU CITY: Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia on Monday ordered the immediate repair of a few minor cracks in the newly refurbished rubberized track oval at the Cebu City Sports Center.

Garcia also shut down proposals and ideas to transfer the venue f…

MANILA: The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has turned down a tax claim for PHP165.25 million filed by an infotech company for being appealed out of time.

In a decision dated July 2, 2024 the tax court’s First division said HP PPS Philippines Inc. failed …

MANILA: The universal social pension for senior citizens and the enhanced cybersecurity and data privacy measures for all government agencies receive the highest approval ratings among all national issues, a survey conducted by PUBLiCUS Asia Inc. rele…