Day: November 11, 2025

Manila: Selling pressure resulted in another negative close for the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) on Tuesday, but the peso again finished sideways against the greenback, despite touching the 59-level mid-trade. The main stocks gauge lost 1.29 percent to 5,629.07 points, and the All Shares by 0.94 percent to 3,465.61 points. Most of the sectoral indices also finished on the red, namely the Financials, 3 percent; Property, 2.06 percent; Holding Firms, 1.30 percent; Industrial, 1.29 percent; and Mining and Oil, 1.13 percent. Only the Services index gained during the day after rising 1.23 percent. Volume reached 2.03 billion shares, amounting

Negros island: The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), which leads the Management of the Dead and Missing Cluster of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in Negros Island Region (NIR), reported 66 fatalities and 68 missing persons due to Typhoon Tino (international name Kalmaegi). According to Philippines News Agency, as of 5 p.m. Monday, the death toll included 45 individuals from Negros Occidental and 21 from Negros Oriental. The DILG-NIR has verified 41 of these deaths, while the remaining 25 are pending verification. Among the missing, 63 individuals are from Negros Occidental and 5 from

Antique: Antique’s provincial government is calling for shared responsibility in the protection of children as the country celebrates the National Children’s Month this November. ‘As we strengthen the convergence of government agencies and community partners, this observance becomes an opportunity to renew our collective pledge to build a province where every child is protected, empowered, and given the chance to dream freely,’ Provincial Planning and Development Officer Bienvenido Nallos Jr. said in his message during the kick off ceremony at the Evelio B. Javier Park in San Jose de Buenavista on Tuesday. According to Philippines News Agency, provincial administrator Robin

Manila: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is expecting all parties implicated in ghost flood control projects in Bulacan province to attend the first preliminary investigation hearing on Friday, Prosecutor General Richard Fadullon said Tuesday. The hearing was originally set for Monday but was rescheduled to November 14 due to the after-effects of Super Typhoon Uwan. Malaca±ang suspended government work and classes in all levels in public and private schools in Luzon on Monday. According to Philippines News Agency, Fadullon stated, “We expect that on November 14, parties will be there together with their lawyers to secure copies of the complaints.

Catanduanes: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Tuesday assured the townsfolk of Catanduanes province who were severely affected by Super Typhoon Uwan (international name Fung-wong) that the agency will continue providing support to meet their needs. Gatchalian visited Catanduanes to check on the situation of affected residents and assure them of immediate government assistance after Uwan struck the province. According to Philippines News Agency, Gatchalian stated that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. instructed him to visit the affected areas along with the DSWD Disaster Response Management Group to assess the needs of local government units