MANILA: The Metro Manila Council (MMC) has waived the 10 percent amusement tax for the screenings of all local films in the National Capital Region (NCR) for the next three years to help support and promote the Filipino film industry.

In a statement …

MANILA: Malacañang has issued a memorandum strengthening the rules for the filing of requests for the issuance of proclamations declaring special non-working days or holidays.

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed Memorandum Order (MO) 20 on Tues…

DUMAGUETE CITY: Public clamor continued for the provincial government to curb the rising prices of pork in Negros Oriental despite the lifting of the ban on the inbound shipment of live hogs into the province.

Livestock sellers said the live hogs bou…

MANILA: The Department of National Defense (DND) is looking at a possible logistics and defense collaboration with South Africa to support the country’s self-reliant defense posture (SRDP) initiative.

DND Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. made this rema…

LEGAZPI CITY: Rice farmers in Camarines Norte province who sell their palay to the National Food Authority-Bicol (NFA-5) will now receive a higher price of PHP28 per kilogram.

In a phone interview on Thursday, Jaharah Shyrra Pavilando, NFA-5 informat…

MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) projects February 2024 inflation to remain within the government’s target range.

In a statement on Thursday, the BSP said headline inflation will likely settle within the range of 2.8 to 3.6 percent.

“Co…

MANILA: Prison officials on Thursday announced the opening of a 5,000 square meter visitor’s park inside the Maximum Security Camp of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City.

Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Cata…

SORSOGON: PrimeWater and joint venture partner, Sorsogon City Water District (SCWD), have inaugurated San Lorenzo Well No. 2 and held a groundbreaking ceremony for the San Lorenzo Pumping Station 2, two projects that are expected to significantly boos…