Category: General

Bicol inflation rate falls to 2.8% in September

LEGAZPI CITY – The inflation rate in Bicol region slowed down to 2.8 percent in September from 4.2 percent in August, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) 5 (Bicol) said Thursday.

Based on the summary inflation report showed during a press confe…

BIR urges online sellers to register biz

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) urged online sellers and traders anew to register their businesses and pay taxes.

Merlyn Vicente, chief of the Revenue District Office 8, which has jurisdiction over Baguio, said in an interview Thursday that the …

DTI to launch info, monitoring system for FTAs

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will launch this year an online platform to monitor the country’s utilization of its free trade agreements (FTAs).

In an interview early this week, DTI-Export Marketing Bureau Director Bianca Pearl Sykimte s…

Antique incumbent vice guv clarifies he is running for governor

Incumbent Vice Governor Edgar Denosta clarified he is pushing through with his plan to run for governor of Antique province in the 2025 midterm elections.

Denosta, in an interview on Thursday, said there was just a typographical error with his Certif…

Army told to prevent NPA resurgence in Bohol

The 47th Infantry Battalion (47IB) of the Philippine Army based in Negros Oriental is relentlessly sustaining its operations in nearby Bohol province to prevent a resurgence of the New People’s Army (NPA).

Lt. Col. Magno Mapalad, 47IB commanding offi…