COTABATO CITY — A villager was killed in a grenade explosion that ripped through a roadside carnival in Barangay Marbel in Matalam town in Cotabato at about midnight on Tuesday.Col. Gilbert B. Tuzon, Cotabato provincial police director, told reporters on

PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANBy Aubrey Rose A. Inosante, ReporterTHE National Government’s (NG) budget deficit likely came in within the P1.52-trillion ceiling in 2024 as spending expected to have surged in December, analysts said.“Possible, as a function of government spending growth, which

PRESIDENT FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. — PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICETHE GOVERNMENT’S 2025 spending plan may not support the administration’s social and economic priorities as “budget politics” continues to affect allocations, GlobalSource Partners said.“These budget politics in the Philippines are no less

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOTHE gross value added (GVA) of crops and livestock is expected to post modest growth this year with the La Niña producing above-normal rainfall, the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) Center for Food and Agribusiness (CFA)

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOBy Justine Irish D. Tabile, ReporterTHE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said that it is ready to receive the initial 2,000 hectares of the Iwahig Prison Penal Farm early next year for conversion into an economic zone.The conversion