The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Stock index, peso close higher

December 3, 2018

The Philippine Stock Exchange ( PSE) ended strongly on Monday, with the main index gaining more than two percent in the first trading day of December. The Philippine peso closed at P52.32 against the US dollar from P52.45 on Thursday.

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Boracay reopens, gov’t imposes limits on use of island resort

October 30, 2018

Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat briefs foreign media during a forum held a week before the reopening of the popular resort island on Oct. 26, 2018. Boracay, one of the world’s best resort islands, was closed to tourists for six months

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Bettors from Eastern Samar, Albay share P1.18 billion lotto prize

October 30, 2018

The biggest lotto prize of P1.18 billion pesos in the country’s history was won by bettors from Eastern Samar and Albay provinces, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) announced last Sunday, October 14. The jackpot hit P1,180,622,508 and the winning

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Ultra Lotto 5/68 draw balloons to over P1.1-billion

October 30, 2018

he PCSO’s Ultra Lotto 5/68 draw ballooned to over P1.1 billion on Friday as nobody among the millions of bettors was able to win the jackpot prize — the biggest in the history of the PCSO’s lottery. The winning combination

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Inflation surges higher to 6.7 percent in September: PSA

October 12, 2018

The country’s inflation rate surged higher to 6.7 percent in September 2018, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. This was higher than the 6.4 percent in August and doubly higher than the 3.0 percent posted in the same month in

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Japan troops, armor back Ph, US forces in Luzon exercise

October 10, 2018

Unarmed Japanese troops and assault vehicles stripped of weapons provided support for Philippine and US forces in an amphibious exercise targetting terrorists in a beach fronting the West Philippine Sea. It was the first time that Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Forces

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Inflation projected at 6.4 % in September: DOF

October 4, 2018

The chief economist of the Department of Finance, Undersecretary Gil Beltran, estimates inflation to remain steady at 6.4 % in September, still the highest in the past 9 years. But other economists have said that prices of prime commodities could

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Japan troops join 10-day exercises with Ph, US Marine forces

October 3, 2018

Japanese soldiers join Philippine and US marines in a 10-day exercise dubbed as Kamandag (Venom) 2 from Oct. 1-10, 2018. KAMANDAG, an acronym for the Filipino phrase “Kaagapay Ng Mga Mandirigma Ng Dagat” (Cooperation of Warriors of the Sea),” was

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