Trash bins in Iloilo public vehicles pushed
ILOILO City – The Land Transportation Office in Western Visayas (LTO 6) will
order the use of trash bins in all public vehicles in Iloilo...
PH misses agri growth target anew in 2019 – PSA
THE Philippines continued to miss its
agriculture growth target in 2019 as the sector contracted in the fourth
quarter of the year, the Philippine Statistics Authority...
Finance sec calls for ‘totally transparent’ deals
MANILA – Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III has raised the need for
“totally transparent” contracts for any rental deal on state properties.
“Definitely, we have to...
PH raises 1.2-B euros from bond sale
MANILA – The Philippines on Wednesday
raised 1.2 billion euros from its first overseas bond sale for the year,
officials said, as the government sought to...
Negros guv accepts programs for sugar dev’t
BACOLOD
City – Negros Occidental governor Eugenio Jose Lacson
has welcomed the proposal to create a national sugar program that will manage
the use of the P2-billion...
BOP posts higher surplus in December 2019
THE PHILIPPINE balance of payments (BOP)
position registered an 11-month high surplus in December last year. This brings
the full-year figure a turnaround from the deficit...
NegOcc power rates drop this month
BACOLOD
City – Three electric cooperatives in the province
of Negros Occidental have lowered their power rates for the month of January.
The Central Negros Electric Cooperative
announced on...
Asian shares hold steady
SYDNEY – Asian shares got off to a
cautious start on Tuesday lacking any lead from Wall Street and after the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) shaved...
Global unemployment rate ‘stabilized’ – ILO
GENEVA, Switzerland – The global
unemployment rate has stabilized after declining for nine years since the
crisis, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said on Monday.
The...
Local biz, MSMEs dominate Iloilo’s Dinagyang fair
ILOILO City – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Iloilo Chapter Inc. yesterday opened the 2020 Dinagyang Fiesta Fair here, featuring local...