MANILA: Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) to improve the data collection on onions first before importing 22,000 metric tons (MT) of the commodity, adding it is also bes…
COTABATO CITY: The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) recorded the lowest inflation rate in the country in December last year at 6.3 percent, a report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.Trailing second-low…
BUTUAN CITY: As the low pressure area (LPA) continues to bring heavy rains in the Caraga Region, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the area (DSWD-13) has prepositioned all its available relief goods for augmentation.At 4 a.m. Wednesda…
ILOILO CITY: The city government will be acquiring tow trucks and clamping equipment as it strengthens its campaign against illegal parking to clear roads from obstructions.Jeck Conlu, head of the Public Safety Transportation Management Office (PSTMO),…
ANKARA: The World Bank on Tuesday trimmed its global growth forecast for 2023 from 3 percent to 1.7 percent.The decrease is due to monetary policy tightening to tame elevated inflation, reduced investment, and disruptions caused by the Ukraine war, the…
MANILA: The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned the public on Wednesday against the consumption of unsafe shellfish from nine coastal waters in the country.In a bulletin, the BFAR said these include coastal waters of “Milagros in Ma…
