Day: June 26, 2023

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has already established 145 Negosyo Centers in Eastern Visayas that will provide opportunities to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the region. Aside from business centers in seven cities and 136…

The Sandiganbayan has convicted the former general manager of a municipal water district in Lanao del Sur of graft and malversation involving nearly PHP11 million in public funds siphoned through a fictitious project in 2011. The anti-graft court sent…

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday urged government agencies, particularly the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the private and public sectors to work together in protecting, preserving and managing the country’s limited r…

Results were mixed during Monday’s Treasury bill auction as the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) fully awarded bids for the 92-day T-bills and partially awarded the 183- and 365-day securities. The 92-day T-bills fetched an average rate of 6.086 percent wh…

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Negros Occidental will proceed with a series of investigations in the coming days as part of the agency’s efforts to seek justice for the victims of the massacre of the Fausto family members in Barangay Buenavis…

A survey conducted by Agile Data Solutions Inc. shows that Filipino consumers acknowledged that ‘woke’ culture, or being aware and attentive to societal facts and issues, has influenced their purchasing behavior. The data analytics company shared the …

The city government has distributed Covid-19 bivalent vaccines that arrived here last week mostly to hospitals, while others to frontliners in health centers and dialysis clinics. ‘Once we have more, we will open it to everyone,’ said Iloilo City Mayo…

An increasing number of shallow volcanic earthquakes has been observed in the Mayon Volcano since June 24, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in an advisory Monday afternoon. An increasing number of weak and shallow…

The city government here recognized top business taxpayers on Monday for their timely and correct payments in 2022. Under the national-owned businesses, the city government identified Sanford Marketing Corp. with the highest business tax, followed by …

A controversial law proposed by the ruling far-right coalition has again brought Muslims and their places of worship to the fore of Italy’s political discourse. If passed, the law could shut down hundreds of Islamic prayer spaces, a prospect triggerin…