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BSP: National ID tops list of valid IDs

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has directed banks and other BSP-supervised financial institutions (BSFIs) to place the Philippine identification card (PhilID) at the top of the list of acceptable valid IDs. In a statement yesterday, the BSP said all

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Oil price rollback this week

Pump prices will be lower by less than P1 per liter starting Tuesday. In separate advisories Monday, Cleanfuel, Caltex, Jetti, Petro Gazz, Seaoil and Shell announced they will cut gasoline prices by P0.50 per liter and P0.25 per liter for

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Retirement remains most availed SSS benefit

The Social Security System (SSS) said it released P156.7 billion retirement benefits to 2.2 million members in 2023, making it the most availed SSS benefit last year. In a press release, SSS Vice President for Benefits Administration Division Joy Villacorta

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PSEi, peso close week strong

Local shares ended their shedding at the end of the week while the peso closed strong yesterday. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closed this day’s trading higher by 1.53 percent, or 104.87 points, at 6,942.21. This ended the local

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Tech con covers agri-aqua, natural resources

With the aim of bringing technological advancement in the province of Negros Occidental, the Technological University of the Philippines-Visayas (TUPV) organized this year’s Technology Convention designed to promote collaboration, public-private-partnerships, and innovation within the realms of Agriculture, Aquaculture, Natural Resources,

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SSS members reminded of loan penalty condonation

Social Security System (SSS) Executive Vice President for Investments Sector Rizaldy Capulong said that SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Rolando Ledesma Macasaet announced the condonation of penalties of members with past-due loans to help them regain their good standing

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February inflation settles at 3.4%

The government is intensifying its efforts to mitigate the effects of the El Niño phenomenon and help keep the inflation rate within target. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) made the statement on Tuesday after the Philippine Statistics Authority

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Expelled: Town councilor linked to police recruitment scam

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A councilor of the municipality of La Castellana in Negros Occidental, who was tagged in a police recruitment scam that reportedly victimized 47 aspiring police officers, has been expelled from the municipal council, Mayor Alme Rhumyla

Senate approves NIR bill on third, final reading

NIR POSITIVE. Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri with Senator JV Ejercito in a meeting with Negros Island Representatives Emilio Dino Yulo, Greg Gasataya, Alfredo Marañon III, Gerardo Valmayor, Mercedes Alvarez, Manuel Sagarbarria, and Jocelyn Limkaichong, on Monday in Metro Manila.*

First Bacolod Watersports Festival 2024 makes splash

WATERSPORTS FEST. Manuel Santos and Valerie Ann Anacan, Almana Procurement Manager and AVP for Finance, respectively, Chief of Staff/Mediabox Admin & Operations Manager Yris Mondia, Bacolod Tourism Operations Officer Ma. Teresa Manalili, Almana Property and Development Corp. CEO and President Ritchie Neil Corpus, former Bacolod councilor Ricardo Tan, and Perla Corpus, Almana Corporate Treasurer (l-r) at the opening of the First Bacolod Watersports Festival 2024 at the Bacolod Baywalk Recreational Park Friday*

SP reso warns against open burning

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution requesting all Punong Barangays of Bacolod City to inform and educate their constituents on the prohibition of open burning under R.A. No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, as a way of

DSB mayor to retire from politics

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN After 29 years of rendering service to the government, Don Salvador Benedicto Mayor Marxlen dela Cruz will retire from politics. The three-term stint of Dela Cruz as mayor of Don Salvador Benedicto ends in 2025. I

Northern Negros rebel leader surrenders

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An alleged leader of the New People’s Army, who participated in the ambush and encounter with policemen in Calatrava, Negros Occidental, gave himself up to the 79th Infantry Battalion, on March 17. According to a statement