The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) formally launched its new international marketing campaign “Make It Happen in the Philippines”, highlighting five key investment priority sectors. It is a unified, country-wide, and multi-sector investment campaign that aims to
Football legend Diego Armando Maradona died Wednesday, suffering cardiac arrest at home in Tigre, Argentina. He was 60. The Argentine football legend underwent successful surgery on November 4 for a blood clot in his brain, his doctor Leopoldo
Hit miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit” has led to a surge of interest in chess, with one popular website registering millions of new players and academies reporting unprecedented demand. Netflix said the show, which follows the turbulent career of
TNT seemingly caught Phoenix Super LPG by surprise their last time out. The question of whether the Tropang Giga could continue to take the Fuel Masters off-guard or the latter would be more ready would be known tonight
PLDT and its wireless subsidiary Smart will ramp up broadband and data services by adding two more fiber cable landing stations in the country next year. In a statement, PLDT chairman and chief executive officer, Manuel Pangilinan, said
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has assured stable supply of fish until yearend despite the series of typhoons that hit the fisheries sector. DA Undersecretary for Agri-Industrialization and for Fisheries, Cheryl Caballero, in a
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday ordered private companies to release the deferred holiday pay of their workers before the end of the year. “This advisory shall apply to all employers in the private sector which
The provincial government-run Negros First Food Terminal market at the North Capitol Road in Bacolod City is now open to the public, after 19 of its employees and security guards were tested negative for Covid-19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has named Negros Occidental Rep. Francisco Benitez among the 21-member contingent to the bicameral conference committee on the proposed P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021. Velasco said the House contingent will make sure the 2021
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two suspected New People’s Army rebels, who are remnants of the dismantled Northern Negros Front, were captured on Thursday by Army soldiers and police troopers in Brgy. Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental. 2Lt. Dan Carlo
A hundred political prisoners in Negros island will hold another 24-hour fast on Friday to call on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) National Office to press on with its initial efforts for a thorough and impartial investigation on the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN In the province of Negros Occidental, the number of confirmed pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, has increased to 13, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan disclosed yesterday. Pinongan, however, said that two-month old infant
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The relentless efforts of the Police Regional Office 6 toward a gun-free community led to the recovery of 998 loose firearms and 122 explosives, while 182 suspects were arrested in the first quarter of 2024. Of
Leaders of the House of Representatives’ “Young Guns” have strongly condemned the emergence of an audio deepfake featuring President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., urging decisive action against misinformation threatening the nation’s integrity. Assistant Majority Leaders Zia Alonto Adiong (Lanao
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Remnants of the New People’s Army appear to be on a killing spree, having issued separate statements supposedly claiming responsibility for the death of five civilians they accused as “military informants” in Negros Occidental. The Army’s
