Volatility likely as market eyes Fed, BSP reviews
THE STOCK MARKET may see heightened volatility this week as investors await the policy meetings of the US Federal Reserve and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). On Friday, …
Calamity fund releases hit P22.48 billion at end of Nov.
DISASTER-FUND releases totaled P22.48 billion at the end of November to support infrastructure repair and relief operations, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said. In a National Disaster …
Reduced DepEd budget could hurt initiatives to address learning crisis
PHILIPPINE lawmakers’ move to cut the Department of Education’s (DepEd) 2025 budget by P12 billion will likely stall efforts to address the country’s learning crisis and poor student performance, …
Proposed 2025 national budget may need to be vetoed, analysts say
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. should veto the budget bill approved by Congress as it may be in violation of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and various laws, analysts said …
Speaker bats for creation of anti-rice cartel task force
THE GOVERNMENT needs to create a task force to police rice trading, Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said on Sunday, citing persistently high prices of the staple. In a …
Drones now used to map plantations
BAGUIO CITY — The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) said it has adopted drone technology to map tobacco plantations around the country, marking a significant milestone in its efforts to …
Fund wage hikes, not AKAP — group
A POLITICAL GROUP on Sunday called on lawmakers to legislate a wage hike instead of allocating funds to a Social Welfare department’s indigent aid program for next year, which …
Taking stock of ‘the student explosion’, 1966 | Universities
A new cohort of school-leavers contemplate their options this month, many of which are available thanks to the 1960s university boom that reshaped British higher education. In 1966, a …
School in leading Mossbourne academy trust faces safeguarding review | Academies
A school in one of England’s leading academy trusts is to face an independent safeguarding review after an Observer investigation exposed allegations of emotional abuse of children over two …
One Ski Resort’s Long-shot Bet to Survive Low Snowfall and Devastating Wildfires
The closest ski hill to Los Angeles recently sold to an investment group with big plans. But can those ideas work amid catastrophic climate threats that continue to plague …