Study: Pandemic hikes Japanese suicides by 8K

TOKYO – The Covid-19 pandemic led to 8,000 more suicides in Japan between March 2020 and June 2022, more than…

UN calls for ‘massive and generous’ support to help ease food crisis

UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged wealthier countries “to open their wallets and their hearts” for…

US bares new $775-M military aid for Ukraine

WASHINGTON – The Joe Biden administration has announced Friday a new tranche of military aid to Ukraine worth US$775 million in…

No sweet life but sugarcane industry perseveres

By Perla Lena, Nanette Guadalquiver and Annabel Consuelo Petinglay  ILOILO CITY – Life in the sugarcane industry…

DTI to open P400-M cutting-edge tech factory in 2023

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said they hope to start the operation of the…

Amazon’s P524-M PH office to open in September

Amazon Operation Services Philippines, Inc. (AOSPI) will open its new office in the country next month,…

Oil prices dip to benefit PH’s BOP stand

The decline in oil prices in the international market will  help lessen the country’s trade deficit…

Lufthanza Technik plans to expand in regions

Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP), the leading provider of aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, plans to…

PBBM’s son pushes Satellite specialty hospitals in Ilocos Norte

LAOAG CITY – Ilocos Norte First District Representative Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos, son of President Ferdinand “Bongbong”…

Bataan poultry fire burns 50K chicken to death

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – A multimillion-peso poultry farm in an upland barangay here has lost at least P37 million after…