MADRID – The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has bared that 1.4 billion people traveled internationally in 2024, marking a significant recovery for global tourism after the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused the sector’s worst crisis in 2020-2021. According to the Madrid-based UNWTO, the number represents an 11 percent increase which refers to around 140 million…
In line with the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to combat hoarding and illegal importation of rice, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has discovered over 200,000 sacks of rice in four different warehouses in Bulacan, prompting the issuance of warrants of seizure and detention. The BOC told the Office of the President that…
“No matter what happens, girls support girls, and girls are always for girls.” This is the short yet meaningful response of Gecille T. Abeleda, grade 9 student of Quezon City High School, when asked about the most significant lesson she learned from joining the Tagisang Robotics Competition (TRC): Girls & Gears; and she is proof…
Deputy Majority Floor Leader Senator Joseph Victor ‘JV’ Ejercito (2nd from right) poses for a quick photo opportunity with Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Jonathan D. Tan (2nd from left) after the senate budget hearing on Thursday. Also in photo are SBMA Chief of Staff and Deputy Administrator for Port Operations Atty. Martin Kristoffer Roman…
BAGUIO CITY — Over 300 young men and women who compose the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 2028 underwent the incorporation rites at the Borromeo Fields, Fort del Pilar, here recently. The incorporation rites signified the formal integration of the members of PMA “Sigasig sa Labanan Kalasag ng Sinilangan (Siglab Kasilag)” Class 2028 into…
QUEZON CITY — Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. has expressed strong support for the Philippine Competition Commission’s decision to file charges against a dozen onion traders allegedly engaging in cartel-like activities harming consumers and the economy. “I’m happy with the decision of the PCC. It should serve as a warning to all smugglers and…
What should be remembered is that the President directly vetoed the largest amount of appropriations in history. No president before him had ever so deeply and comprehensively purged the budget of unnecessary items. He later directed, within the powers vested in him, the rechanneling of billions in funds to projects and programs that create social…
Ceremonial Turnover of Funds with Engr. George Pio G. Aclan, the Supervising
SRS; Mr. Joseph G. Navales, the Municipal Agriculturist; Mr. Mac Steven RJ T. Dela Riarte, the
Municipal Planning and Development Officer; Hon. Kiterio Antonio U. Palarca II, the Municipal Mayor; DOST Provincial Director Joanne Katherine R. Banaag; and Ms. Nice Nerjay C. Delada, the
Science Research Specialist II (from left to right).
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. bucked on Tuesday the proposal to temporarily implement rice tariff reduction in a bid to address the surge of rice prices in the market. “We decided with the agriculture and economic managers that … it was not the right time to lower the tariff rates because the projection of…
By Nanette Guadalquiver BACOLOD CITY – The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has urged retailers to sell refined sugar at the suggested retail price (SRP) of P85 per kilo amid reports of their retail prices of as high as P110 per kilo, especially in Metro Manila. Acting SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona said since there is sufficient supply of sugar, retailers could reduce the price. “We have…
