Rather than destroying the country, the New People’s Army communist terrorists should stop committing atrocities, lay down their arms, and rejoin mainstream society. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana made this statement as the NPA observes its 52nd founding anniversary yesterday. “In
Oil companies have announced they will cut fuel prices by more than a peso per liter effective today. In separate advisories issued yesterday, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz, Phoenix Petroleum, Seaoil, and Total said they will roll back diesel prices by
The rates of the Philippines Treasury bill (T-bills) declined across-the-board yesterday despite the strong demand. National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon attributed this to investors’ preference for safe haven assets. The average rate of the 91-day paper went down to 1.269
The National Economic and Development Authority is optimistic that the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act, signed by the president on March 27, will provide one of the country’s largest stimulus measures for the benefit of micro,
The National Chess Federation of the Philippines has launched several online competitions including the Luzon Leg of the Philippine Sports Commission-NCFP selection tournament that starts today until Thursday. The event, bankrolled by NCFP president and senior Deputy Speaker Butch Pichay,
Honduras reached the Tokyo Olympics football tournament yesterday, denying the United States a place with a 2-1 semi-final victory in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament. Mexico joined Honduras at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games after beating Canada, 2-0, in the second
The first test event since the unprecedented postponement of the Games will be wheelchair rugby on April 3 and 4. Tokyo Olympics organizers yesterday unveiled virus countermeasures for test events that will resume later this week for the first time
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III “Stop misleading and confusing the people,” was the appeal of Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia in a video recorded message yesterday following social media posts that city will be locked down and placed under Enhanced Community
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office is assuring Negrenses of a safe and secured Holy Week celebration, that is being marked from March 28 to April 4 this year. NOCPPO deputy spokesperson Lt. Abegael Donasco said
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The labor sector in Western Visayas is giving the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board until April 8 to resolve the P25-Pandemic Emergency Relief Assistance (Pera). In case the RTWPB fails to resolve the issue
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A P50 million Water District Rehabilitatiion and Waterline Improvement project is soon to benefit Kabankalan City residents in Negros Occidental, following its groundbreaking on April 15, which was led by Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri.
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri led the inauguration and blessing of a two-story dormitory worth P14,850,000 inside the Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) Binalbagan campus on April 15, a press release said. The legacy project of Senator Zubiri
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) can have a sigh of relief as the raising of the amount for their conditional cash grants is now being pushed in Congress. 4Ps party list Rep. JC
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday reiterated that the province is not yet declaring a state of calamity, despite the damage to crops in Negros Occidental reaching P184.7 million, due to the drought, while also
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