The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on the third and final reading a bill seeking to institutionalize and expand the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) to a jobs creation plan to accelerate economic growth and development. House…
Business leaders on Tuesday said the Philippines’ 4.3 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter is nothing to be ashamed of, stressing that it outperformed other countries during the same period. In an interview, Jesus Arranza,…
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) Executive Director Donald James Gawe on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to encourage…
China is ready to accelerate the conclusion of an ‘effective and substantive’ Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, its top diplomat in Manila said on Tuesday. Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian said Beijing and the Association of Southeast Asian…
The Philippines will be hosting for the first time the International Rice Congress (IRC), a platform for rice-based food systems innovators to work towards shaping a food and nutrition secure future, in October this year. Convened by the International…
