Day: July 15, 2025

Manila: The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) fully awarded bids for the reissued Treasury bond (T-bond) during Tuesday’s auction. The bond, which has a remaining term of nine years and nine months, saw its average yield settle at 6.285 percent. According to Philippines News Agency, this yield is lower compared to the 6.428 percent average yield recorded during the previous 10-year T-bond auction held on June 17 this year. The auction witnessed significant interest, being 2.5 times oversubscribed, with total tenders reaching PHP63.5 billion. The Committee, in its decision, raised the full program amounting to P25 billion. This move increases

Manila: The Supreme Court (SC) has determined that concealing one’s homosexuality from a spouse can constitute fraud, providing sufficient grounds for annulling a marriage. This landmark ruling, as detailed in an eight-page decision by the SC’s Second Division, involved a woman’s marriage annulment after her husband concealed his homosexuality. According to Philippines News Agency, the couple first connected on social media while the man was working in Saudi Arabia. Their year-long communications blossomed into a romantic relationship. When the man returned to the Philippines in 2012, the woman observed his reluctance to engage in physical affection, which he attributed to

Manila: The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Tuesday warned the public against retrieving possible rocket debris and advised them to report if suspected debris is sighted. China launched the Long March 7 rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Wenchang at around 5:34 a.m. (PhST). PhilSA suspects the debris to have fallen approximately 33 nautical miles away from Bajo de Masinloc, 88 nautical miles away from Cabra Island, Occidental Mindoro, 51 nautical miles away from Recto Bank, and 118 nautical miles away from Busuanga, Palawan. According to Philippines News Agency, there is a possibility for the debris to float

Makati city: Enhanced guidelines on digitalization among Philippine banks will be released within the year to level the playing field, a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) official said Tuesday. BSP Deputy Governor Chuchi Fonacier, in her speech during the Chamber of Thrift Banks (CTB) convention in Makati City, highlighted the increasing number of banks adopting digital platforms to provide improved services and products. According to Philippines News Agency, Fonacier cited BSP data, noting that approximately 73.2 percent of the 41 thrift banks in the country hold electronic payment and financial services (ePFS) licenses. Of these, 48.8 percent offer InstaPay and

Quezon city: Sofronio Vasquez, the first Filipino to win ‘The Voice US’, will sing the Philippine national anthem at President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28, 2025, at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City. Malaca±ang made the announcement Tuesday in a news release. According to Philippines News Agency, Vasquez was born in Misamis Occidental and first competed in the second season of Tawag ng Tanghalan in 2017, finishing as a finalist. Vasquez later returned for Tawag ng Tanghalan’s all-star edition in 2019, where he placed third. He has since performed on