Hotel Sogo bags the “Best Choice Philippines Leading Hotel Chain” and “Philippines Guest Choice Awards” during the Netizens Best Choice Awards 2022.

Hotel Sogo lands two accolades at 10th Netizens Best Choice Awards

HOTEL Sogo, the country’s largest Filipino-owned hotel chain company with over 45 branches nationwide, has been crowned as the “Best Choice Philippines Leading Hotel...

Pag-IBIG posts record-high P38.06B net income in Jan-Oct 2022; up 39%

Pag-IBIG Fund netted a record-high income of P38.06 billion from January to October 2022, the agency’s top executives announced on Monday (December 12).  “I am...
Coco craft maker Jeeff De Asis (center) holds his "hantic" or red ant coconut lampshade that won the Most Innovative Product during the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Antique's Panublion Heritage Fair in Iloilo City on Nov. 20, 2022. Also in the photo are DTI acting provincial director Lynna Joy Cardinal and Trade and Industry Development Specialist Wilson Alian. DTI ANTIQUE PHOTO

Coco waste materials open livelihood opportunity

ANTIQUE – A craft maker has found a living through making use of coco waste materials. Jeeff De Asis, a coco craft maker from Barangay...
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources representatives conduct a wet market tour in Metro Manila from Nov. 24 to Dec. 3, 2022. They talked to fish vendors and informed them about the law against the selling of certain imported products. BFAR PHOTO

BFAR exec to review order vs selling of imported fish

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) told the Senate yesterday that it will open up a review of Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO)...
(caption) According to the Department of Energy, among the reasons for soaring oil prices are the start of increasing demand of northern hemisphere nations brought by the summer peak period, and European Union’s ban on Russian oil imports.

Major fuel pump price rollback set today

MOTORISTS will be greeted with cheaper prices of petroleum products today, marking the fourth straight week of decreases in all gasoline, diesel and kerosene...

Casita de Val’s fine dining: ‘Classy, but not pricey’

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City is well-known for its rich cuisine and is home to a dozen restaurants that offer a fine dining...
Rosendo So, president and chairman of the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura, reveals that some importers misdeclare their products to be able to smuggle agricultural products into the Philippines. FAO/J. GREY PHOTO

Agri group to DA, BOC: ‘Strictly monitor entry of imported agri products’

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) should be stricter in monitoring the entry of imported agricultural products in the...
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Vallacar Transit statement on yellow bus with passengers seated on the roof

VALLACAR Transit, Inc. (VTI) would like to clarify to our beloved riding public that the picture that is circulating the social media recently, where...

realme Takes Yellow Christmas to Main Cities in the PH

Catch realme’s OOH placements and other surprises this holiday season! Manila, Philippines. November 25, 2022: After the launch of the Yellow Christmas video with realme’s...
Food inflation in Western Visayas accelerated to 10.4 percent in November from 9.1 percent in October this year. PN PHOTO

WV inflation soars to 9.6% in November

ILOILO City – Western Visayas inflation continues to increase. For November, the region’s inflation accelerated further to 9.6 percent from 8.0 percent in October –...