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Visayas and Mindanao are clustered into 9 different regions making it one of the most diverse parts of the country, with approximately over 30...

Prices of prime, basic goods still within SRP

ILOILO City – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here urged consumers to buy from supermarkets where prices of goods are regulated. The agency...
The Safe, Swift, and Smart Passage (S-PaSS) Travel Management System won the DOST Agency Governance Innovation Award during the 2022 SFTP Awards. S-PaSS was launched in March 2021 as a convenient communication and coordination platform for travelers and Local Government Units (LGUs). The system was able to effectively manage and monitor incoming travellers especially for LGUs with heightened restrictions.

S-PaSS cited at 2022 SFTP Awards

THE Department of Science and Technology Region VI’s (DOST VI) Safe, Swift, and Smart Passage (S-PaSS) Travel Management System was presented the Agency Governance...
Mobile teams of the National Food Authority travel to far-flung areas of Capiz to cater farmers who have good quality of stored palay but need support to transport their produce to the nearest buying stations. PIA-CAPIZ PHOTO

NFA offers farmers mobile ‘palay’ buying

ROXAS City – A mobile palay procurement is being employed by the National Food Authority (NFA) – Capiz Branch Office to make the government's...
The Department of Trade and Industry – Negros Occidental trains former mass supporters and barangay-based entrepreneurs on Basic Entrepreneurship with the Negosyo Serbisyo sa Barangay. EAD-PIA6/SAN CARLOS PHOTO

DTI Negosyo Serbisyo trains former mass supporters

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) and...
Weighing scales at Roxas City’s Teodoro Arcenas Trade Center are being inspected and recalibrated for accuracy. PHOTOS FROM FB PAGE OF MAYOR RONNIE DADIVAS

Market weighing scales checked for accuracy

ROXAS City – Weighing scales at the city government-run Teodoro Arcenas Trade Center (TATC) were inspected recently for accuracy in a bid to protect...
The country’s inflation rate accelerated further to 5.4 percent in May 2022, from 4.9 percent in the previous month, due to the supply-side factors. PNA FILE PHOTO

Inflation uptick still within forecast – Diokno

MANILA – Further acceleration of the inflation rate, which rose to 5.4 percent last May, the highest since December 2018, remains within forecast, Bangko...
Loans extended by pawnshops rise especially during the pandemic since the industry serves as an immediate source of funds for borrowers. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said pawnshop loans rose by P4 billion in 2021. BSP PHOTO

Central bank vows to curb cybercrimes

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is coordinating closely with BSP-supervised financial institutions (BSFIs), industry associations, and other government agencies to curtail illegal online...

Guimaras food inflation rises to 6.9% in May

GUIMARAS – The annual price changes of 35.7 percent in vegetable commodity groups, including tubers, plantains, and cooking bananas, engendered food price changes in...
In a survey, 71 percent of respondents claimed they still settle their bills in cash, which may be due to reservations about using online portals as cybersecurity threats have been rising amid the pandemic. PHOTO ©PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER 2022

When it comes to paying bills, cash still king, survey says

MOST Filipinos still prefer to pay their bills in cash despite the increasing adoption of digital payment platforms over the past two years amid...