The January inflation print is faster than the 2.5 percent rate recorded in December 2019 but slower compared with the 4.4 percent figure posted in January 2019. GMA NEWS

Inflation mounts at 2.9% in January, highest recorded since June 2019 – PSA

INFLATION or the rate of increase in the prices of goods and services accelerated in January 2020, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday. PSA chief...

Gov’t sells P310.8-B retail treasury bond

MANILA – The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) on Tuesday ended the offer period for the three-year retail treasury bond (RTB), three days short of...
Trade secretary Ramon Lopez. PCOO

PH, Germany seek to fortify economic ties via JEC conduct

MANILA – The Philippines and Germany will kick off the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) this year as they seek to strengthen economic ties. In a...
Enjoy a romantic four-course dinner for two at the pools side and find Love Under the Stars

Find love at the Courtyard by Marriott Iloilo

YOU don’t wanna miss a thing this Valentine’s Day! Better book ahead to get amazing room packages and F&B discounts. Here are the top three things...

PhilHealth Board extends coverage to member-patients suspected of 2019-nCoV infection

THE Board of Directors of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has approved a benefit package for member-patients under investigation (PUIs) for possible 2019-nCoV infection who are...

SSS extends aid to Taal eruption victims

THE state-run Social Security System (SSS) on Tuesday extended its Calamity Assistance Package (CAP) to members and pensioners who were affected by the recent eruption of...
University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas - Miagao campus. YELP

Visayas’ first genomic lab soon to open in UPV

THE Visayas Genomic Lab is soon to open here in Panay. It will be located in the University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas - Miagao...

Asian currencies strengthen vs US dollar – economist

THE Philippine peso strengthened against its US counterpart on Monday, as US treasury yields weighed on the greenback. The local currency gained three centavos to close at...
Agrarian reform beneficiaries receive certificates of land ownership award to 24.6 hectares of landholdings in Barangay Consing, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Jan. 30, 2020. DAR NEGROS OCCIDENTAL-I

More Negrense ARBs installed, granted livelihood

BACOLOD City –The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Negros Occidental-I capped the month of January with the distribution of land titles, installation, and turn-over of livelihood...
The Provincial Agrarian Reform Program officers I and II of Region VI deliberate in one of the workshops conducted.

DAR WV conducts Strategic Planning Workshop for LAD-FREE 2022

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Western Visayas last week conducted a Strategic Planning Workshop for LAD FREE 2022.  The objective of the activity is for the...