BIZ BUZZ: Pagcor bets on app to curb illegal gambling

Inquirer.net - Oct 23, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is upping the ante against illegal online gambling, giving players a new way to tell which sites are playing a fair hand. In its latest bet on technology, Pagcor said it was developing a mobile app that could be in players’ hands as early as

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BAGUIO CITY — A 1970s mulberry enterprise in Benguet province is getting a new lease on life, thanks to a government initiative to rebuild the country’s sericulture industry and ensure a local supply of silk. Science Secretary Renato Solidum said the old Benguet operation had been designated the north Luzon sericulture hub under the government’s

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A Thai man says a food shop at a Bangkok hospital is seeking 1 million baht (US$29,770) in damages from him over a Facebook video complaining that its chicken basil rice cost 260 baht ($7.74).

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After MCMC's RM25k fine over 'fake news', Amanah Youth leader discharged and acquitted

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'I don't like the attention': Viral UM student Ummi says no plans to join politics

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British Chamber sees strong investment potential in PH but reforms needed

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DBM moves budget request deadline 2 weeks earlier

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has moved up the deadline for agencies to seek additional budget authorities by nearly two weeks as it races to assess remaining funding requests, with nearly all of the 2026 national budget already released. Under Circular Letter No. 2026-13, the DBM said government agencies have

P5-T investment needed to develop 25 GW hydropower

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MANILA, Philippines — Expanding the country’s hydropower capability with an additional 25 gigawatts will require about P5 trillion in new investments, an energy official said Thursday. According to Ariel Fronda, division chief of the DOE’s Hydropower & Ocean Energy Management Division, activating one megawatt from hydropower would cost about P200 million. READ: The inverse relationship between

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