Day: September 19, 2024

MANILA – The local bourse bounced back to above 7,200-mark on Thursday while the peso also appreciated following the monetary policy easing in the United States. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) increased 0.65 percent to 7,202.16, with All Shares improving by 0.62 percent to 3,871.68. Except for Industrial which declined by 0.12 percent, all counters closed in the green territory led by Mining and Oil, which rose 2.43 percent. This was followed by Financials, up by 1.95 percent; Property, up by 0.93 percent; Services, up by 0.19 percent; and Holding Firms, up by 0.04 percent. ‘Philippine shares closed above

Manila: Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna defeated Maria Jose Campos in Round 7 to lift the Philippines over Argentina, 2.5-1.5, Wednesday in the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad at the BOK Sports Hall in Budapest, Hungary. The enlisted personnel of the Philippine Army claimed victory in 66 moves of the English Opening on board three. Ruelle Canino gave the Philippines a 1-0 lead when she stunned WGM Claudia Amura after 39 moves also of the English Opening on board four. However, Shania Mae Mendoza lost to WGM Candela Francisco Guecamburu on board one and Jan Jodilyn Fronda drew her game with

Manila: The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) called on the members of the Senate to immediately act on the anti-teen pregnancy measure that would address the alarming issue. At a media conference in Quezon City on Thursday, CPD Acting Division Chief Mylin Mirasol Quiray said Senate Bill 1979 or the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill is stalled at the Senate despite its counter measure had long been approved by the House of Representatives. Voting 232-0, the House approved on third and final reading House Bill (HB) 8910, which aims to prevent teenage pregnancies and institutionalize social protection for adolescent parents

Manila: The European Union (EU) has released EUR200,000 or approximately PHP12.4 million in emergency assistance to help the Philippines respond to the destruction left by Severe Tropical Storm Enteng weeks ago. The fresh funding is part of its EUR2.2 million or about PHP136.8 million aid package for Southeast Asian countries severely hit by the storm, internationally known as Typhoon Yagi. ‘As Southeast Asia has suffered one of the deadliest typhoons in recent years, our thoughts go to all the victims and their families. The EU stands ready to help the affected communities with all the means at its disposal,’ Commissioner

BAKU – Scientists recently analyzed Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night to see how well its famous swirls matched up with known atmospheric physics, according to popular mechanics. After analysis, they found that not only did the shapes match up with our current ideas of atmospheric turbulence, but the colors used throughout the piece communicated fairly accurate physics at a remarkably small scale. Researchers think that Van Gogh could have come to understand these movements by ‘studying the movement of clouds and the atmosphere, or that he could have just had ‘an innate sense of how to capture the dynamism of