Peso could drop to 59; BSP plans intervention

Philippine Daily Inquirer 11/19/2024

A peso depreciation to record-low 59:$1 “looks likely” as the currency continued to be overpowered by a rallying dollar, although a deeper fall beyond that level is unlikely as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) stands ready…

ABS-CBN: 100 more workers laid off as ad revenues continue to drop

Philippine Daily Inquirer 10/17/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Another batch of employees has been retrenched by the Lopez family-led ABS-CBN Corp., which has yet to erase its balance sheet losses.  This move from the media group came amid financial struggles due to…

Price cut: 11-Kg LPG gets price rollback of more than P1

Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/02/2024

MANILA, Philippines — More than P1 a kilogram or nearly P13 per 11-kg cylinder has been rolled back by oil companies from the price of cooking gas effective May 1, 2024. This was after they reduced pump…

June opening: Teacher’s group says this is possible with shorter school calendar

Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/10/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A teachers group said on Tuesday, April 9, that reverting to the old school calendar can be done as soon as possible with certain sacrifices. The immediate return to the old academic calendar, in…

Petron rolls back LPG price by P11 per 11-kg cylinder

Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/01/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Petron Corp. slashed the price of its liquefied petroleum gas product after implementing increases for three consecutive months this year. In its advisory, Petron said its LPG price was cut by P1 per kilogram…

Taylor Swift Eras Tour: Filipino swifties go on pricey pilgrimage to Singapore

Philippine Daily Inquirer 03/04/2024

SINGAPORE— Taylor Swift: This is the only reason Filipina Charlyn Suizo is in Singapore this week. Flying in from Manila on Friday was Suizo, a 30-year-old software engineer who also heads a Philippine group of swifties, as…

180 Chinese detained after anti-trafficking raid in Manila are deported

Philippine Daily Inquirer 12/15/2023

MANILA — The 180 Chinese nationals, who were among the nearly 600 people found inside a Manila compound, raided in October by Philippine authorities for suspected sex-trafficking and online scam operation were deported on Thursday. During the…

House answers Rodrigo Duterte’s rant after OVP lost secret funds

Philippine Daily Inquirer 10/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has no confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) in its budgets for this year and in 2024 and all appropriations given to the chamber are subject to regular accounting and auditing…

Stop imposing more taxes, gov’t told

Philippine Daily Inquirer 08/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis Escudero on Saturday called on the government to refrain from imposing more taxes that will deal a heavy blow to poor Filipinos, and instead be open to collecting more taxes from the…

More rebranding: Marcos unveils ‘Bagong Pilipinas’

Philippine Daily Inquirer 07/16/2023

MANILA, Philippines — What was once a line from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s 2022 election campaign ditty, “Bagong Pilipinas” (New Philippines) is now his administration’s governance theme or slogan, and it comes with what could be the…

Boracay logs over 1 million arrivals in first half of 2023

Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/26/2023

ILOILO CITY, Philippines — The number of tourists who visited Boracay Island has reached over a million since the start of 2023, buoying hope that visitors will exceed the 1.8 million target of Malay town in Aklan…

Animals also moved out of Mayon danger zone

Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/11/2023

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, Philippines — Aside from the evacuation of residents, the movement of farm animals to safer ground has also started in villages within the danger zone of the restive Mayon Volcano. Godofredo dela Rosa, 63,…

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