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HUGE CROWD.Around 120,000 supporters from Davao del Sur flock to a vacant lot in Barangay Tres de Mayo Digos City where the UniTeam grand rally was held Wednesday night (March 30, 2022). The UniTeam capped off their sorties in three provinces of Davao Region - Davao del Norte, Davao de Oro and Davao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of HNP) DAVAO CITY-The UniTeam grand rallies in three provinces in Davao Region on Wednesday gathered huge crowds and were attended by big political bigwigs, the Hugpong ng P...

GRAND RALLY. Aerial shot during the grand rally of the UniTeam in Carmen, Davao del Norte on Wednesday (March 30, 2022). Presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and vice-presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte called for unity among supporters. (Photo from Uniteam BBM-Sara) CARMEN, Davao del Norte - The UniTeam tandem has urged anew Dabaonons to unite and embrace peace among their fellow Filipinos. During the UniTeam's grand rally here on Wednesday, presidential aspirant Fe...

FOR BBM-SARA. Reform Party president James Layug together with Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) Secretary General Thompson Lantion signs a manifesto of support for the candidacy of presidential frontrunner Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and running mate Inday Sara Duterte at the BBM Headquarters in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday (March 23, 2022). The ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction under Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi earlier endorsed Marcos-Sara...

FIRST IN PH. Progress at the Davao City bypass construction project as of the Feb. 16, 2022Facebook post of the Davao City Planning and Development Office. This 2.3-kilometer project will be the first long-distance mountain tunnel in the country and is designed by Japanese experts to have better seismic resiliency. (Photo courtesy of Davao City Planning and Development Office) MANILA - The Department of Public Works and Highways - Unified Project Management Office (DPWH-UPMO), which is implement...

UPGRADE. (From left) Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, and Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Ed Monreal lead the inauguration of the newly repaired and upgraded taxiways at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Friday (Feb. 25, 2022). The PHP1-billion upgrade will ensure the efficient use of the runway, quicker landing and exit, and quicker release of flights taking off. (PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.) MANILA- The Manila Inter...

MANILA - Japan and the Philippines on Thursday signed the 253.3-billion-yen (PHP112.1 billion) loan agreement for the Metro Manila Subway Project Phase 1. The Japanese Embassy in Manila said this second tranche of official development assistance loan follows Tokyo's first tranche funding of 104.53 billion yen, which was signed in March 2018. The agreement was inked by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Philippines Representative Azukisawa...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Luzon (DPWH-3) said on Friday it will implement a total of 2,214 infrastructure projects this year. DPWH-3 Regional Director Roseller A. Tolentino said some PHP70.77 billion was allocated for the implementation of various projects in the region under Republic Act (RA) No. 11639, the "General Appropriations Act (GAA) for Fiscal Year 2022". "The DPWH Regional Office and our 14 District Engineerin...

PNA file photo MANILA - Factors supporting continued economic rebound this year, including increased government spending for infrastructure, remain abundant especially after the economy posted another recovery in the last quarter of 2021, an economist said. In a report, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) chief economist Michael Ricafort said "bright spots" for the domestic economy this year also include the resiliency of overseas Filipino workers' (OFW) remittances, recove...

File photo MANILA - The government aims to bring down the unemployment rate close to pre-pandemic level of around 5 to 5.5 percent this year, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said Tuesday. In a virtual presser of the Presidential Communications Operations Office-Office of the Global Media and Public Affairs, Lopez said the unemployment rate slowed down to 6.5 percent last November from a peak of 17.6 percent in April 2020. "Our goal in 2022 is to further increase...

DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez MANILA - Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez has lauded real estate developer Haus Talk, Inc. for being the first small and medium enterprise (SME) to be publicly listed for this year. Madlambayan family's business Haus Talk conducted its initial public offering (IPO) on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Monday. In his statement during the PSE listing of Haus Talk, Lopez said public listing could help SMEs to expand their businesses by ...