Iloilo is sending a trade mission of around 23 persons, including government officials and private sector leaders, to Guam for the trade fair on Sept. 12 to Sept. 16. OUT OF TOWN BLOG

Iloilo to participate in Guam trade fair

Iloilo will send a trade mission for an upcoming trade fair in Guam. According to Iloilo Provincial Tourism officer Bombette Marin, the delegates will leave on Sept....
Cooperative Month celebration is right around the corner, and it will include several important events. WAYTOGO.CEBUPACIFICAIR.COM

Activities for 2019 Cooperative Month

The Cooperative Month celebration is right around the corner, and it will include several important events. The first of such events is the Opening Ceremony...
Korean Air has been boosting cargo services between Manila and Incheon, offering twice a week cargo flights due to a rise in the demand. KOREAN AIR

Korean Air boosts PH-Korea cargo services

MANILA - Korean Air (KE) has been boosting cargo services between Manila and Incheon, offering twice a week cargo flights due to a rise...
Secondary school students wearing masks join a human chain protesting against what they say is police brutality against protesters, after clashes at Wan Chai district in Hong Kong, China Sept. 9, 2019. AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/REUTERS

HK’s visitors plunge as protests take toll

HONG KONG - Hong Kong visitor arrivals plunged nearly 40 percent in August from a year earlier, deepening from July’s 5 percent fall, the finance secretary...
PEZA director general Charito Plaza

PEZA seeks retention of incentives for exporters

MANILA - The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is seeking the application of a move to rationalize tax incentives on domestic enterprises first, while retaining perks for...
LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo (seated, 2nd from left) and Agriculture Acting secretary William D. Dar (seated, 3rd from left) sign a MOA with LBP Lending Program Management Group head/FVP Emellie Tamayo (seated, extreme left) and Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) executive director Jocelyn Alma Badiola (seated, extreme right), witnessed by Agrarian Reform secretary John Castriciones (standing, 4th from left), with Deputy Treasurer Atty. Erwin Sta. Ana (standing, extreme left), LBP directors Jesus Hinlo Jr., Jaime Miralles, and Virgilio Robes Jr., Agriculture undersecretary Atty. Francisco Villano Jr., and ACPC deputy executive director Ramon Yedra (standing, extreme right).

LANDBANK, DA sign agreement on P1.5-billion support for farmers

The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) and the Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), signed on Aug. 28, 2019 a...
MJ Felongco

Engineer powers dream through faith and SM Foundation

“SM Foundation became an instrument of God to bless me with the opportunity to go to college. The foundation is like a family to me, enabling me and inspiring me...
During the signing of the loan agreement between the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and Liangan Power Corporation (LPC), from left: DBP senior manager Christian Joseph Presa; LPC legal counsel Atty. John Coluso, DBP senior assistant vice president Raymond Valdez; LPC president and chief executive officer Josue Lapitan; DBP first vice president Roxann Morales; and LPC operations manager Roberto Neri II.

DBP funds P1.1-B hydroelectric plant in Mindanao

The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is extending a P1.1-billion term loan to Liangan Power Corporation (LPC) for the construction of its 11.9-megawatt (MW) hydroelectric power...

MIB Inaugurates Upgraded Water Treatment Plant

STA. BARBARA ILOILO - Metro Iloilo Bulk Water Supply Corporation (MIB) inaugurated on Friday, September 6, 2019 its upgraded water treatment plant in Barangay Talanghauan, Sta....
Active Protection System, a high tensile wire mesh installed for slope protection along Iloilo East Coast Capiz Road in Barotac Viejo, Iloilo, a new technique used by DPWH to slopes in northern Iloilo. DPWH, Iloilo 3rd District Engineering Office

DPWH introduces active slope protection system

ILOILO – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Iloilo 3rd District Engineering Office has adopted the use of Active Protection System (APS) for its...