NEDA hopeful on PH’s economic growth expansion in 2024
April 24, 2024
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and his family attended a Mass at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) in Taguig City on Tuesday for his father and namesake, former president Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. Based on the photos shared on Marcos’ Instagram account, also in attendance were the First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos; sons Simon and Vincent; the President’s mother, Imelda; and younger sister, Irene Araneta. Malacañang has yet to provide details about Marcos’ latest visit to the tomb of his father. This is the second time Marcos visited his father’s grave as the country’s 17th chief executive.
The onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Paeng left an estimated damage of PHP362.934 million to crops in Western Visayas as of Tuesday. A progress report of the Department of Agriculture Region 6 (DA-6) cited by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Emergency Operations Center showed the affected crops include rice, corn, and other high value-crops with a total volume of 14,002 metric tons (MT), of which more than 10,000 MT is for rice alone. James Earl Ogatis, chief of the DA-6 Regional Agri-Fishery Information Section, had earlier said they were closely coordinating with the affected local
The Milwaukee Bucks claimed a thrilling 110-108 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night to keep up their perfect start to the NBA season. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points, Jrue Holiday had 25, and Brook Lopez racked up 24 as the Bucks clinched their sixth straight win to remain the league’s only unbeaten team. Cade Cunningham led the charge for the Pistons with 27 points, while Bojan Bogdanovic ended with 23 and Jaden Ivey added 19. The Pistons are now just one place off the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, having won two games and
The country’s United States dollar reserves are expected to get a boost from the planned repurchase agreement between the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Federal Reserve. Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) chief economist Michael Ricafort told the Philippine News Agency that the repurchase agreement or repo “would help add to the country’s available US dollar liquidity/funding facilities, if needed.” “This would complement US dollar funding/swap agreements of the country with other central banks in Asia/globally, thereby adding to the buffer/cushion for the peso exchange rate, if needed, based on existing global best
The outcome of next Tuesday’s United States midterm elections will determine whether Democrats keep their majority in Congress or Republicans take over, but on a larger scale, they could help shape the 2024 presidential race. The Democratic majority in the 435-member US House of Representatives is a small one: 220 Democratic members to 212 Republican members, with three vacant seats to be filled. US House members are elected to two-year terms, so all 435 seats are up for grabs. The US Senate is split 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris holding
Jeito Capital becomes a significant investor in HI-Bio, a clinical-stage biotech company developing targeted therapies for patients with severe immune-mediated diseases Jeito Capital participates in $120 […]
