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Oil firms to slash pump prices

Oil companies will implement price cuts on fuel products on Tuesday after big-time hikes last week. Starting 12:01 a.m., Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, Seaoil, Shell, and Unioil will slash gasoline prices by P0.70 per liter and diesel by P0.95

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SSS 2023 net income soars to P83B

The Social Security System (SSS) announced its net income in 2023 exceeded by 62.8 percent its target of P51.06 billion to P83.13 billion as it recorded higher revenues than its expenses. Based on its 2023 unaudited financial statement, SSS’ net

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German firm eyes PH for ‘flying cars’

German air mobility firm Lilium is mulling to establish in the Philippines its first Southeast Asia operation network for its all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jets. Lilium and local aviation services company PhilJets will sign a memorandum of understanding

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Gogoro set to expand across PH following launch

Gogoro Philippines, the innovative leader in electric mobility and battery-swapping technology, is set to expand operations across the country following its successful launch in December 2023. “We are very bullish about the potential of our scooters in this market such

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Hefty oil price hike set

Big-time oil price hikes will greet consumers on Tuesday morning as companies will increase pump prices by more than P1 per liter. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, PTT, Seaoil and Shell said they will hike gasoline prices

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NWTF awarded with Citi global innovation challenge grant

Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF)  announced in a press release that Citi Foundation, through CAF America, has awarded the organization a $500,000 grant for a food security and nutrition project that will be piloted through NWTF’s ”Balik Panguma Initiative.”

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Memorial park opens in Brgy. Estefania

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A new memorial park officially opened along Burgos Extension, Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City Thursday. Stonehill Gardens Bacolod Memorial Park, situated across Triumph of the Holy Cross Parish, is owned by Virgelio Bucat, one of the contractors

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OFW remittances hit all-time high in 2023

Personal remittances from Filipinos abroad reached an all-time high last year on the back of the increased deployment of overseas workers, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said yesterday. Data from the BSP showed that personal remittances from overseas Filipino

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SSS 2023 revenue surpasses target

The Social Security System (SSS) yesterday announced that its revenue for 2023 jumped to P362.20 billion, surpassing its P330.80 billion revenue target by 9.5 percent, fueled by beefed-up collection efforts and substantial income from its investments. In a press release,

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P10M in livestock lost to drought in province

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Damage to the livestock and poultry industry in Negros Occidental, due to the prevailing drought was valued at P10,080,100, following deaths of 11,556 chickens and other ruminants, as of April 26. In her report to Gov.