The Philippines’ economic output this 2025 is not expected to be hit by the imposition of higher reciprocal tariff for exports to the US, which is set at 19 percent effective August 1. The reduced tariff rate was arrived at after the US visit of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on July 20 to 22,…
The government will spare no effort to ensure the growth of the rice industry while safeguarding the welfare of farmers and consumers, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Monday. Addressing the 6th International Rice Congress in Pasay City, President Marcos said that the Philippines continues to strive for a comprehensive and holistic scientific approach…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) today April 6, 2025, announced the election of industrialist and philanthropist Victor Lim as its new President following a three-day biennial national convention and three rounds of voting by 800 delegates representing 170 Filipino Chinese business chambers and organizations. The…
KARACHI, Pakistan – Australia is facing the regular emergence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus more than five years since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic. The latest variant – LP.8.1 – is on the rise, making up close to one in five Covid-19 cases in New South Wales, local broadcaster SBS News reported Wednesday. It…
The Department of Science and Technology-Region 1 (DOST Region 1), through the Provincial Science and Technology Office-Ilocos Sur (PSTO-IS), awarded ð—”ð—¦ð—™ð˜ƒ ð—¡ð—®ð—»ð—¼ð—´ð—¼ð—¹ð—± ð—•ð—¶ð—¼ð˜€ð—²ð—»ð˜€ð—¼ð—¿ ð—§ð—²ð˜€ð˜ ð—žð—¶ð˜ð˜€ ð—®ð—»ð—± ð—Ÿð—®ð—¯ð—¼ð—¿ð—®ð˜ð—¼ð—¿ð˜† ð—˜ð—¾ð˜‚ð—¶ð—½ð—ºð—²ð—»ð˜ to ð—–ð—®ð—»ð—±ð—¼ð—» ð—–ð—¶ð˜ð˜† as part of its ð—¦ð—ºð—®ð—¿ð˜ ð—®ð—»ð—± ð—¦ð˜‚ð˜€ð˜ð—®ð—¶ð—»ð—®ð—¯ð—¹ð—² ð—–ð—¼ð—ºð—ºð˜‚ð—»ð—¶ð˜ð—¶ð—²ð˜€ ð—£ð—¿ð—¼ð—´ð—¿ð—®ð—º. This project aims to enhance the city’s capability to combat African Swine Fever (ASF) through…
MANILA — Demonstrating swift solidarity, the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) and allied civic groups have rallied ₱10 million in emergency aid for communities devastated by recent catastrophic typhoon flooding nationwide. The initiative, coordinated under the Pilipino at Tsino Magkaibigan Foundation, saw among its on-going major deployments on July…
The Department of Science and Technology in Region X, in partnership with the Local Government of Valencia City, Bukidnon, holds a four-day workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventory with the Climate Change Commission on March 6-10, 2024 at Sophie Red Hotel, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental. The training-workshop is designed to capacitate LGU Valencia’s department heads and staff…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) targets to finish the distribution of livelihood assistance to affected rice farmers by Thursday, September 14, in response to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s order to expedite the payout and in compliance with the election period spending ban. In a press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, DSWD…
MANILA — There was no delay in the acquisition of the first investment venture of the Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC), the manager of the country’s first sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Speaking during a press briefing in Malacanang, MIC President and CEO Rafael Jose Consing Jr. stressed that finding and executing investment ventures took…
A dermatologist said that patients should not always believe what their doctors say unless studies and research have been made on their prescribed medicines. “Ang doktor kasi kahit magaling, puwede ring magkamali,” Dra. Grace Carole Beltran, said. A dermatologist, aesthetic surgeon and a pathology dermatologist, she was the guest in the most recent Media Health…
