MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he would ask the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to explain why it allegedly failed to collect taxes from the winning profits of e-sabong or online cockfighting.... Read full article
MANILA – For the sixth straight day, new Covid-19 cases were below 10,000 as the Department of Health (DOH) tallied 8,361 on Sunday.... Read full article
MANILA – The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting the southern part of Mindanao will bring scattered rain showers and thunderstorms across the island, the weather bureau said on Tuesday.... Read full article
MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on Sunday approved the amendments to the guidelines on the nationwide implementation of the Alert Level System for Covid-19 response.... Read full article
MANILA – Global communications firm OneWeb will test its satellite internet services in select remote areas in the country, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) announced on Thursday.... Read full article
DUMAGUETE CITY – The first batch of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Negros Oriental whose sources of income were devastated by Typhoon Odette received livelihood aid from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Friday.... Read full article
MANILA – No need for the next administration to procure additional vaccines for this year’s Covid-19 inoculation program, according to vaccine czar, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., on Wednesday, noting that the country has enough supplies.... Read full article
MANILA – A lawmaker on Monday called for the immediate release of fuel subsidy and other forms of assistance for farmers and fisherfolk amid the soaring prices of oil in the international market.... Read full article
MANILA – The continued vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), along with amendments to several laws such as the Foreign Investments Act (FIA), are expected to fuel the continued improvement of the employment situation in the cou... Read full article
MANILA – The government’s pandemic response task force is eyeing another round of the “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” national coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination days from December 15 to 17... Read full article