Category: General

MANILA: The Archdiocese of Manila on Tuesday asked the clergy and the faithful to include prayers for the cessation of conflicts in other nations in all Masses starting July 20. In its Circular No. 2024 – 43, the archdiocese has included an intention in the Prayer of the Faithful in support of the appeal of Pope Francis. “His Eminence Jose F. Cardinal Advincula requests that we pray the additional intentions for the Prayer of the Faithful during all our daily Masses,” the circular signed by Manila Archdiocese Vice Chancellor Fr. Carmelo Arada read. The archdiocese recommended two special intentions: ‘We

DAVAO CITY – The gross production value of mineral resources in Davao Region stood at PHP11.7 billion in 2023, an official of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in the Davao Region (MGB-11) reported Tuesday. During the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas forum here, MGB-11 Officer-in-Charge Beverly Mae Brevante said the region is rich in mineral resources, particularly gold, nickel and copper. The value is based on the production of four large-scale mineral companies with collective excise tax payments of PHP487.7 million last year. ‘The excise tax goes to the national government,’ Brevante said, adding that the region currently has 41 large-scale

MANILA: Nine women are among the ten examinees with the highest marks in the 2024 Shari’ah bar examinations (SBE), the Supreme Court said Tuesday. Supreme Court Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, chairperson of the 2024 SBE, announced that a total of 183 out of 853 examinees, or 21.45 percent, passed the first digitalized and regionalized special exams for the Shari’ah courts. The top ten passers are Punginagina, Nurhaifah Hadji Said (86.75%); Gubat, Sittie Nasriyyah Gani (86.10%); Alonto, Sittie Fairoza Yahya (86.02%); Suwalawan-Hadjinoor, Jonaina Diamla (85.57%); Mambuay, Ayesha Aminah Alonto (85.35%); Usodan, Fatimah Sohra Lucman (85.10%); Acmad, Aznairah Orpilla (84.87%);

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Antique provincial government has approved a request to allocate PHP4 million for the construction of a retention wall at the National Housing Authority (NHA) relocation site in Barangay Lugta, Laua-an town to prevent flooding. ‘Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao, during our chiefs of offices meeting yesterday (July 15, 2024), had already approved the requested PHP4 million for the retention wall in order to address the flooding problem,’ Antique Provincial Housing Affairs and Resettlement Office (PHARO) head Eby Butiong said in an interview on Tuesday. He said the governor has given her approval in

MANILA: The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) declined Tuesday on profit-taking, while the local currency improved its performance. The PSEi closed the day lower by 0.33 percent at 6,667.09, with All Shares also shedding by 0.23 percent down to 3,585.93. ‘Local shares succumbed to profit taking following a successive run-up of the index as investors bet that the unsuccessful assassination attempt boosted Donald Trump’s chances of reclaiming the White House,’ Regina Capital Development Corp. head of sales Luis Limlingan said. Among sectoral indices, only Property boosted its shares to 2,697.04, higher by 1.73 percent than its Monday close. Those in