Day: September 6, 2024

Manila: The country’s manufacturing output, both in volume and value, grew at a faster pace in July this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. Results of the latest Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries released on Friday showed that the value of production index (VaPI) expanded by 4.7 percent in July, up from the 3.3 percent in June. It was also higher than the 3.5 percent growth recorded in July last year. “The acceleration in the year-on-year growth rate of VaPI for manufacturing in July 2024 was mainly attributed to the double-digit annual growth rate of the manufacture of

Ankara: Cristiano Ronaldo became the first football player to score 900 career goals on Thursday as Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 in their UEFA Nations League opener in Lisbon. Portugal full-back Diogo Dalot scored an early opener to put his team ahead before Ronaldo’s close-range volley in the 34th minute, which meant a significant milestone for the 39-year-old forward. Then Dalot scored an own goal near the end of the first half to give hope to the visitors, but Portugal secured a narrow win. Playing the game at a top level at least for two decades, Ronaldo scored 900 goals for

Legazpi: The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) continues to distribute family food packs and non-food items to families affected by Severe Tropical Storm Enteng in different provinces of the region. In an interview on Friday, Carl James Cabarles, DSWD-5 disaster risk reduction and management division information officer, said they already distributed 61,736 family food packs to affected families in the six provinces worth PHP43,670,445.88 and non-food items worth PHP69,192. for a total of over PHP43.7 million. “The food packs were directly augmented to the affected local government units, then they distributed it with the guidance of

Manila: The Office of the Vice President (OVP) provided relief aid to flood-affected families in Antipolo City and Taytay, Rizal on Friday following the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Enteng in the country. ‘Through the OVP’s Disaster Operations Center (DOC), close to 600 families were given assistance during the agency’s simultaneous relief operations along different evacuation centers,’ the OVP said in a news release. These include 451 families in eight evacuation centers in Brgy. San Jose, Antipolo, and 141 displaced families at the Exodus Elementary School and Bagong Pag-asa daycare center in Taytay. Some 592 families got the OVP relief

Manila: Australian Ambassador to the Philippines HK Yu announced Friday that the Australian government is finalizing an AUD45 million (PHP1.7 billion) Economic Growth Development Program for the Philippines. During a forum for the Australian Business Mission to the Philippines in Makati City, Yu said the aid aims to boost trade and investment relations between the two countries. In a press conference, she added that the AUD45 million program will be spread over five years and is expected to be launched early next year. ‘We could see that economic growth was one of the most important priorities for the Philippines. So,