Day: March 6, 2025

Manila: The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has exceeded its revenue collection target by PHP1.328 billion in January this year. In a statement Thursday, the bureau reported that it has collected a total of PHP79.343 billion, surpassing the PHP78.015 billion collection target for January by 1.7 percent. This collection is also 8.1 percent higher than the PHP73.397 billion revenue collected in the same month last year. According to Philippines News Agency, Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio emphasized the bureau’s commitment to sustaining revenue growth while ensuring seamless trade and robust border protection. Rubio expressed his commitment to continue implementing measures to achieve better

Manila: The Climate Change Commission (CCC) has urged local planning officers to fully utilize the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and the People’s Survival Fund (PSF) to strengthen climate resilience. During the 35th Annual National Convention of the League of Local Planning and Development Coordinators of the Philippines held Feb. 25 to 28, CCC Deputy Executive Director, Assistant Secretary Romell Antonio Cuenca, emphasized that the NAP and PSF are key tools to enhance local climate resilience. According to Philippines News Agency, the NAP aims to steadily reduce climate-related loss and damage and build the country’s adaptive capacity towards transformative resilience and

Iloilo: The Iloilo provincial government is ramping up efforts to reduce rabies cases with 33 operational animal bite centers across hospitals and rural health units. According to Philippines News Agency, Iloilo Provincial Health Office Head Dr. Maria Socorro Qui±on on Thursday emphasized the importance of raising public awareness about rabies as the nation observes Rabies Awareness Month this March with the theme ‘Rabies-Free na Pusa’t Aso, Kaligtasan ng Pamilyang Pilipino.’ Available data showed the province had 12 human deaths out of the 40,183 animal bites in 2021, four deaths of the 46,308 cases in 2022, five deaths out of the

Manila: The country’s unemployment rate declined to 4.3 percent in January 2025, down from 4.5 percent recorded in January 2024, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Thursday. Underemployment also decreased to 13.3 percent from 13.7 percent, indicating an improvement in job quality. The PSA also reported that more Filipinos entered the labor market. According to Philippines News Agency, labor force participation rose to 63.9 percent, up from 61.1 percent during the same period last year. This rise equates to an additional 2.6 million individuals across all age groups joining the labor force, of which 1.4 million are in their prime