Some 7.9 million--one in every five—school-age children and young Filipino adults aged 5 to 24 years old did not attend school in school year 2022-2023, data from the Philippine Statistic Authority show.
The government, through sovereign wealth fund Maharlika Investment Corp., is looking to acquire at least one board seat in the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines, operator of the country’s national electricity transmission highway, House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said.
The national treasury rejected all bids for the P30-billion, three-year treasury bonds it offered at auction Tuesday to prevent the cost of borrowing from rising.
Grab Philippines on Monday bared asking the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to allow it to organize a "holiday fleet" that will address the anticipated spike in demand for mobility in the run up to the Christmas holidays.