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Day: August 24, 2023

PSEi tracks Asian, US marts, peso ends sideways

Local shares rebounded on Thursday to close above the 6,200-mark, while the local currency traded sideways. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained by 46.15 points to 6,225.78. ‘After four straight sessions in negative territory, t…

Record-high patent registration seen in 2023

Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) Director General Rowel Barba expects that 2023 will be a historic year for registration of patent protection in the country. This, as IPOPHL observed a continuous growth in innovation-related in…

Ranking NPA leader killed in clash with Army soldiers in Bukidnon

An alleged commanding officer of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in a military operation in Bukidnon, the Army said Thursday. In a statement, the Army’s 8th Infantry Battalion (8IB) identified the slain rebel as Christopher Tingkayan,…

2.7K teachers to train for village, SK polls in Bacolod

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here will train more than 2,700 public school teachers who will serve as poll personnel during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30. As of Thursday, the series of training has been sch…