A PROGRAM funded by the United Nations is seeking to provide digital tools and training to at least 15,000 small businesses in the Philippines, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said.The United Nations Joint Programme on Inclusive, Competitive, and Responsible Digital Philippines (Digital PINAS) hopes

BW FILE PHOTOPHILIPPINE STOCKS dropped on Thursday as the market succumbed to profit taking following its three-day rally and amid political uncertainty after the House of Representatives impeached Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio.The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) declined by 0.62% or 39.11 points to end

VICE-PRESIDENT SARA DUTERTE-CARPIO — FACEBOOK.COM/OFFICEOFTHEVICEPRESIDENTPHTHE PHILIPPINE Senate can’t convene as an impeachment court to try Vice-President (VP) Sara Duterte-Carpio for corruption and other charges since Congress would soon be on a four-month break, according to its chief.Senate President Francis G. Escudero on Thursday noted that

A Chinese Coast Guard vessel fires its water cannon at Unaizah Mae 4 during a Philippine resupply mission for Filipino troops stationed on BRP Sierra Madre in Second Thomas Shoal on March 5, 2024. — ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINESBy John Victor D. Ordoñez, ReporterUS

PHILIPPINE STAR/JOHN FELIX M. UNSONTHE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Thursday raised concerns about a Philippine police house-to-house initiative to promote responsible gun ownership by asking gun owners to renew their licenses or surrender unlicensed firearms.In a statement, the agency said any law enforcement

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF ROMMEL FRANCISCO D. MARBIL — PHILIPINE STAR/ RYAN BALDEMORPHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has extended the term of Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Rommel Francisco D. Marbil by four months ahead of his compulsory retirement on Feb. 7, according to

WORKERS make customized pet plushies at a factory in Angeles City, Pampanga, March 10, 2023. — REUTERSA CONGRESSMAN on Thursday said he will fight for the approval of a bill providing a P200 wage hike for low-income workers once the House of Representatives resumes session

BOCTHE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) said on Thursday that it seized smuggled agarwood worth P750,000 in a Pasay City warehouse.In a statement, the BoC said that it intercepted an outbound cargo containing rare, valued agarwood weighing one kilogram declared as dried wood chips.Agarwood is one

BAGUIO CITY — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of La Union, through the Committees on Energy, on Laws, Rules and Privileges and on Finance, Budget and Appropriations, is preparing to probe the sale and operation of a power plant in a La Union town.SP member Ruperto

COTABATO CITY — Four individuals were killed in a plane crash in Barangay Malatimon in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday afternoon.Local executives and Brig. Gen. Romeo Juan Macapaz, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, separately confirmed the incident and asked for enough

COTABATO CITY — Police teams have been markedly visible since Wednesday in strategic sites in two Bangsamoro provinces following deadly gun attacks in both areas amid an election-related gun ban.Brig. Gen. Romeo J. Macapaz, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR), told reporters

THE Philippines’ Marc Pfister and Kathleen Dubberstein ran into China’s great wall in Wang Zhiyu and Han Yu, 9-6, on Wednesday night that denied the former pair a chance at claiming an outright semis seat in curling’s mixed doubles event of the 9th Asian Winter