Uniformed personnel covered under EC program, says ECC-DOLE
ILOILO City – The
Department of Labor and Employment’s attached agency, Compensation Commission
(ECC), cleared up the confusion on the inclusion of members of the Armed...
DOST-6, academes all set for first Research-Con in Negros
TALISAY City – Led by the Department
of Science and Technology (DOST VI), Western Visayas Consortium for Industry,
Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development or...
Asian shares numbed by trade noise, oil takes spill
SYDNEY – Asian shares lumbered lower on
Wednesday as the Chinese and the United States’ (US) trade talks produced
nothing but a stream of conflicting messages,...
Another airport mulled in Passi City
ILOILO City – Iloilo
province’s component city, Passi, is considering the establishment of an
airport to promote further economic growth in the region.
In a phone
interview Monday,...
Iloilo Innovation Council drafts first plans for Innovate Iloilo Roadmap
THE Iloilo Innovation Council is currently hard at work
putting together the first goals and projects for the Innovate Iloilo Roadmap
2030. According to IBC executive...
BSP exec cites need for digital payments
MANILA
– Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is considering Filipinos’
strong acceptance of the online world as a way to push for the central bank’s
digital payments and...
ECC-DOLE provides free rehab services
ILOILO
City – “We are happy to update the public that the ECC (Employees Compensation
Commission) provides free physical therapy and rehabilitation appliances such as hearing...
Peso little changed, PSEi slips anew
MANILA – The peso ended Monday sideways against the United States dollar
but the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended on the red still on
trade-related...
IMF maintains PH’s GDP forecast at 5.7%
MANILA – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has maintained its
2019 growth forecast for the Philippines at 5.7 percent and raised its 2020
projection to 6.3...
Popularity of mangrove crabs spurs trainings on crab farming
By RH Ledesma
TIGBAUAN, Iloilo – Due to the growing
popularity of mangrove crabs, locally known as alimango, aqua farmers and entrepreneurs have recently been busy
attending...