The peso slid to yet another 12-year low on Tuesday as the market girded itself for the lingering effects of stubbornly high prices despite the central bank’s vow to act aggressively against inflation. The local currency ended the trading session at P54.31 to a dollar which is its lowest close since November 22, 2005 (Inquirer.net).
A Makati judge has ordered the arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, almost three weeks after the government moved for his detention following the nullification of his amnesty. He has posted bail (GMA News).
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Tuesday that seven of the 12 Filipino crewmen of the MV Glarus were kidnapped off the coast of Nigeria (Inquirer.net).
The death toll in the landslide in Itogon, Benguet, has climbed to 69, Cordillera regional police said on Saturday, September 22, reports Rappler.
Netizens are currently laughing over this aisle label spotted inside a Walmart (location unknown) that seems to be pointing to a section of ready-to-eat, er, Filipinos. The awkwardly phrased copy was shared by Facebook user Hazel Ponce, who posted the now-viral photo on the social media platform (Yahoo News).
Two Fil-Am students at University of Houston who put up their own poster inside a McDonald’s have not only made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show they were also hired by the US fastfood chain for a marketing campaign, reports GMA News.
WASHINGTON, DC– There are now 4,037,564 Filipinos in the United States, the U.S. Census Bureau announced in its latest American Community Survey(ACS) data, reports Inquirer.net.
Dozens of people believed buried in a landslide unleashed by Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines probably did not survive, a mayor said Monday, although rescuers kept digging through mud and debris covering a chapel where they had taken shelter., reports AP.
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