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(Eagle News)–The country’s employment rate in January 2024 was pegged at 95.5 percent. The Philippine Statistics Authority said this translates to 45.94 million employed persons, lower than the number of employed individuals in the same month last year, pegged at 47.35 million. January 2024’s employment rate was also higher than the employment rate posted in the same month last year–at 95.2 percent—but lower than the employment rate reported in October 2023, at 95.8 percent, the […]
Two other Filipinos ‘severely injured’ (Eagle News)–The Department of Migrant Workers has confirmed the deaths of two Filipino seafarers during the most recent attack by Houthi rebels on ships plying the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. In a statement, the DMW said two other Filipino seamen, whose identities were also withheld due to “reasons of privacy”—were “severely injured” as well. “We in the (DMW) sincerely extend our deepest condolences to the family and […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos will be in Germany and the Czech Republic from March 11 to 15. According to the Presidential Communications Office, the working visit to Germany of the President–who will be accompanied by First Lady Maria Louise Araneta-Marcos—was upon invitation by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. His state visit to the Czech Republic, meanwhile, was upon the invitation of Czech President Petr Pavel. In Germany, the PCO said the President will meet the German […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos on Wednesday, March 6, said the Philippines will protest the recent provocations by China in Ayungin Shoal. “We continue to view with great alarm these continuing dangerous maneuvers and dangerous actions that are being done against our seamen, our Coast Guard. And this time, they damaged a cargo ship and caused some injury to some of our seamen and I think that we cannot view this any way but in the […]
(Eagle News)–Former First Lady Imelda Marcos has “no difficulty breathing” and is “resting well.” This is according to President Bongbong Marcos, who gave an update on his 94-year-old mother’s condition after she was hospitalized for pneumonia. According to the chief executive, based on information from his mother’s doctors, while she “is suffering from slight pneumonia and is running a fever,” she has been “put on a course of antibiotics and the doctors are confident that […]
Says ‘illegal, irresponsible’ actions led to collisions, injuries to four Filipino ship personnel (Eagle News)–The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea accused the Chinese Coast Guard and Chinese Maritime militia vessels of attempting to “illegally impede or obstruct” a routine resupply at Ayungin Shoal on different occasions on Tuesday, March 5, leading to collisions and injuries to Philippine vessel crew. In a statement, the task force said because of the “dangerous blocking maneuvers” […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines posted an overall inflation rate of 3.4 percent in February, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Tuesday, March 5. The PSA said this was an increase from the 2.8 percent inflation rate registered the month before, and from the 8.6 percent inflation rate recorded in February 2023. According to the PSA, the uptrend in the overall inflation was primarily influenced by the “higher year-on-year increase in the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages,” […]
MANILA, March 5, 2024 (AFP) – The Philippine Coast Guard said one of its ships was damaged Tuesday in a collision with a China Coast Guard vessel during a resupply mission to Filipino troops on a remote outpost in the South China Sea. It is the latest incident in waters around Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands where the countries have contesting maritime claims. Chinese coast guard and other vessels undertook “dangerous manoeuvres […]
(Eagle News)– The Philippines acts to protect its own interest, including when it comes to foreign policy, President Bongbong Marcos said. The President made the remark during a Q&A after his keynote speech at the Lowy Institute in Melbourne on Monday, as he went on to debunk what he said was a “narrative” that the Philippines was “at the beck and call, practically, of the United States” when it comes to foreign policy decisions. “But […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Agriculture is conducting a probe into the alleged improper sale of rice by the National Food Authority (NFA) to select traders. Agriculture spokesperson Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel has also already called on NFA Administrator Roderico Bioco and Assistant Administrator for Operations Lemuel Pagayunan to take a leave of absence to ensure a fair investigation. “Ongoing na iyong investigation nagre-review na ng mga documents iyong panel […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos left for Melbourne on Sunday, March 3, to attend the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit. President Marcos said the summit “presents an opportunity to reiterate the Philippines’ national positions on regional and international issues and sets the tone for the ASEAN’s Dialogue Partner Summits later this year.” “The summit will be an opportunity to thank Australia, ASEAN’S oldest dialogue partner, for its unwavering support for the rule of law, for the 1982 (United […]
(Eagle News)–Over 7000 motor vehicles were “apprehended” in February, the Land Transportation Office said. The LTO said the “apprehension” of the 7252 motor vehicles was made amid the agency’s implementation of the No Registration, No Travel policy as instructed by Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista. LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II said the crackdown will continue in the coming days, as he noted the renewal of registration was one of the ways by which the […]
