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Global debt trends up anew
The global debt burden retreated for the second year in a row, even though it remains above its already-high pre-pandemic level, according to the latest update of the International Monetary Fund's Global Debt Database.
OFW remittance rise 2.5% in July as more Filipinos seek jobs abroad
Filipinos living and working overseas, including those working on passenger and cargo ships, sent home $3.32 billion in July, up 2.5 percent from the $3.24 billion they remitted in the same month last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said.
Expanded accounting helped push foreign debt $10.2B higher in June
The country stock of foreign debt stood $10.2 billion higher as at end-June this year to $117.9 billion, driven higher by loans contracted by...
BOC forfeits P42M smuggled rice in Zamboanga City
The Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ) forfeited 42,180 sacks of rice worth P42 million following a raid of a warehouse in Brgy. San Jose Gusu, Zamboanga City.
Eight-month tourist arrivals hit 3.66M
Foreign visitors arrival in the Philippine between January and August this year reached a total 3.66 million, 38 percent more than the total tourist arrivals for the whole of 2022, data from the Department of Tourism showed.
