Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri has pledged to see through the passage of the Negros Island Region (NIR) bill in the Upper Chamber by December this year. “I committed that before we go on a break in October, we will be able to at least tackle it, …
The Sudan conflict has pushed over 20 million people into severe acute hunger, with 6.3 million of them “one step away from famine,” the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. “Around 42 percent of Sudan’s population had now been p…
The Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has lined up a series of training classes this year to help furniture manufacturers develop new and highly marketable products out of non-tradit…
The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) is warning the public against a social media account using the name and photo of its Acting General Manager, lawyer Glen Pangapalan. The agency issued the warning on Facebook after receiving report…
The Duty-Free Philippines Corporation (DFPC), an attached Department of Tourism (DOT) agency, has recorded USD54.1 million in sales for the first seven months of 2023. Based on its latest data released Aug. 11, the DFPC said the figure is 43.8 percent…
