3.9% March inflation seen: Philippine central bank
At the moment, the central bank is still concerned about higher transport charges and electricity rates, as well as costlier oil and domestic food prices. The central bank is also…
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Philippine education body on study tour to learn from Vietnam
The 2022 Pisa results showed that 15-year-old Filipino students were lagging about five to six years behind in math, science, and reading.
Metro Manila traffic so bad it calls for a ‘state of calamity’
The worsening traffic congestion of Metro Manila is currently costing the economy an estimated P3.5 billion a day.
Dolphin strandings alarm experts in Philippines’ Ilocos Region
In a span of just five days, 14 dolphins were spotted along the coastline of the region, many of them getting stranded in the shallow waters, officials of the Bureau of Fisheries…
War games between US, Philippines air force set in April
Details are still thin for this year’s Cope Thunder, except that the Armed Forces of the Philippines and US Pacific Air Forces will conduct joint and combined sea, air, and…
Philippines can soar to become $2-trillion economy, says WEF
If the projection of the WEF is realized, the Philippines could see its economy expand from its current size of about $380 billion to an economy comparable to the size of Canada,…
‘Intruder’ in US-Philippine maritime sinking exercise turns out to be local aircraft
Col. Michael Logico, executive agent of the Balikatan 2024, on Wednesday said the interloping aircraft was from a local flight school.
Public opinion still has clout
According to recent reports, Ramon Ang announced that his Pasig River Expressway scheme to build a giant expressway along and over the Pasig River, has been dropped, with Ang…
Photoshop and the princess
The release of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales’ photo with her children, and the subsequent revelation that it was altered, make for an intriguing case study of how…
Blinken assures Philippines of US ‘ironclad defense commitments’
However, he remained unclear on how the US and the international community will address Beijing’s “gray zone” tactics against Filipino troops in the West Philippine Sea.