Business

This week has been a very calm one for the Philippine stock market. Contrary to expectations that Trump’s inauguration will cause a selloff in both the US and the Philippines, equity markets in both countries have remained relatively calm.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has warned business establishments in Negros Occidental to stop the practice of short-changing, or the act of not providing appropriate change to consumers.

With more Taiwanese tourists coming to Iloilo, the Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 6 and the Philippine DOT office in Taiwan are planning to launch the Taiwan-Iloilo flight in the near future.

The two labor representatives in the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB)-6 expect the effectivity of the latest P15 to P25 daily minimum wage increase before March.

The more than P200-million farm-to-market-road (FMR) projects of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) implemented in agrarian reform communities in the five municipalities of Iloilo province may be completed in March this year.

Farmers in Sitio Tabionan, Bucari, Leon town are urged to adopt good agricultural practices and organic farming to produce safe and quality food.

BY: ROEYNA MAY FAMISARAN Tuesday, January 24, 2017 ILOILO City – Vista Land and Lifescapes, Inc., the country’s premier real estate developer, will open a mall...

Monday, January 23, 2017 BACOLOD City - The Business One-Stop-Shop for permits processing and renewal in this city, which was supposed to end Jan. 20,...

Monday, January 23, 2017 DUMAGUETE City - The world-renowned dive destination Apo Island in Dauin, Negros Oriental, has acquired a glass-bottomed boat to attract more...

Sunday, January 22, 2017 BACOLOD City - Floods brought by typhoon “Auring” the other week caused P7.141 million in damage and losses to agriculture and...