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Antique PDLs sustain families through mushroom production

SAN JOSE, Antique – Persons deprived of liberty (PDL) at the Antique Rehabilitation Center (ARC) here sustain their families through their income from mushroom...
Media Wise’s FINEX 50: Leading on to Wider Frontiers bags IABC Gold Quill’s coveted Award of Merit.

Media Wise wins 4th IABC Gold Quill Award

VIRTUAL was very real for Media Wise Communications, Incorporated/Muse Books, as the Philippine publication powerhouse notched yet another win on the international stage at...
Alejandro Gonzaga, president of the Calu-oy-Tula-tula Sikap Organization, shows their robusta coffee plants in Barangay Calu-oy, Sibalom in Antique. The coffee they are producing has been classified as fine grade during the 2021 Philippine Coffee Quality Competition. ALEJANDRO GONZAGA

Antique coffee org gets ‘fine’ grade robusta in 2021 PCQC

SAN JOSE, Antique – Robusta coffee products from this province earned the “fine” grade classification in the 2021 Philippine Coffee Quality Competition (PCQC). “The fine grade...

PSA: Unemployment, underemployment further ease in May

MANILA – The Philippines’ unemployment rate further eased to 7.7 percent in May from 8.7 percent in April, while underemployment also declined to 12.3...
These farmers carry rice stalks they harvested in Barangay Payao, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo. NEDA Regional Director Meylene Rosales says the government should give bigger budget to the agriculture sector in 2022 to help farmers and fisherfolk increase their income. PN FILE PHOTO

PH agri trade improves in Q1 of 2021

MANILA – The Philippine Statistics Authority has recorded positive growth in the country’s total agricultural trade in the first quarter of 2021. The total agriculture...

Pep talks to give yourself

“IF IT comes down to making a difficult decision, choose your mental health over anything.” The past months haven’t been easy. Challenge upon challenge, and...

WALKING TOGETHER WITH BATA AND CHILDHAUS

Bata Philippines donated milk to indigent children with cancer at The Center for Health Improvement and Life Development (CHILD) Haus as part of its...
President Rodrigo Duterte signs into law Republic Act No.11569, which seeks to extend the period for estate tax amnesty from June 15, 2021, to June 14, 2023. PN FILE PHOTO

Duterte inks law extending estate tax amnesty until 2023

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday signed into law the measure extending the period for estate tax amnesty for another two years. Republic Act...
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VMC helps LGUs, gov’t agencies fight COVID-19

IN response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and scarcity of ethyl alcohol in Negros Occidental as the supply got compromised due to...
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DOLE gives aid to over 82K displaced workers

ILOILO City – Through the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program funded under the Bayanihan To Recover as One Act (CAMP-Bayanihan 2), the Department of Labor...