Manila: Mayor Liseldo Calugay of Sual, Pangasinan on Tuesday denied a partnership of any kind with former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo during the continuing Senate hearing on illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) Tuesday. They’re just friends, Calugay insisted, despite the pieces of evidence presented by Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, including photos…
The battle over whether to ban TikTok in the US and remove the Chinese social media and video-sharing platform from app stores nationwide got underway Monday in a federal appeals court. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance argued before a three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C. Circuit that the…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bicol reported on Tuesday a total of PHP90.3 million in financial aid to thousands of minimum wage earners under the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) during the recent ‘Handog ng Pangulo: Serbisyong Sapat Para sa Lahat’ event, marking the 67th birthday of President Ferdinand…
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has so far released over PHP2.76 billion for the implementation of emergency employment and integrated livelihood program in Western Visayas under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Officer-in-charge Assistant Director for Western Visayas Melisa Navarra said during the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas here on Tuesday that…
The Department of Labor and Employment in Davao Region (DOLE-11) has disbursed over PHP3.5 billion through its Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program, benefiting 591,107 individuals since 2022, an official said Tuesday. During the “Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas” forum here, DOLE-11 Assistant Director Jason Balais said the program provided temporary wage employment to…
Manila: The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) fully awarded the reissued 10-year Treasury bonds (T-bonds) on Tuesday. With a remaining term of nine years and four months, the T-bond fetched an average rate of 5.967 percent, lower than both its previous reissuance and the prevailing secondary market rate. “The 10-year Treasury bond average auction yield…
