The Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Tourism have expanded the coverage of the beneficiaries in the tourism sector displaced by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. In a joint advisory issued yesterday relative to the implementation of
The Philippine Statistics Authority said it will start the second step of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) registration nationwide on Jan. 4, 2021. In an announcement signed by PSA Undersecretary Dennis Mapa, dated Dec. 12, it said the Step 2
The country’s largest integrated telco PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. are heeding the government’s call to elevate the telecommunications industry and deliver world-class services. “We support the call of the President to improve our services, and we
A total of 273 individuals have recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), as of yesterday, the Department of Health (DOH), said. In its daily Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH said this brings the country’s total recoveries to 409,329 or 91.6
The government will roll out a Safety Seal Certification Program in business establishments in the early first quarter of 2021, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles said yesterday. Nograles said the ‘Safety Seal’ will serve as a proof that a certain
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed yesterday but the peso managed to stay strong and ended sideways against the US dollar. The main equities index lost 1.40 percent, or 101.01 points, to 7,102.66 points. All Shares declined by 0.77
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has officially lifted the temporary ban on the deployment of newly-hired nurses. In Governing Board Resolution (GBR) No. 17 dated Dec. 7 and released yesterday, the agency allowed newly hired nurses, nursing aides, and
A bill providing a 25-percent discount to the personal income taxes (PIT) owed by the Covid-19 medical frontliners from income earned in the line of duty has hurdled committee level at the House of Representatives. During its hearing yesterday, the
Malacañang yesterday expressed hope that they would receive the proposed P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021 from Congress within the week. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte would need to review the proposed budget to see if there are
Oil firms will increase their prices effective this morning. In separate advisories, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz, Seaoil, and Shell said they will hike gasoline prices by P0.25 per liter and P0.40 per liter on diesel. Seaoil and Shell will also raise
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two more civilians have added to the long list of victims of atrocities perpetrated and claimed by the New People’s Army in Negros Island, since March last year. Almost all of the victims were tagged as
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The possibility of the Negros Occidental provincial government continuing its Bulk Water project, which could tap the water surface of Malogo River in E.B. Magalona, is still being entertained. If they pursue the project, Governor Eugenio
One of the things that has recently gotten my wife’s attention is how Bacolod City has new street signs that have new names for the numbered streets that most Bacolodnons and even transferees (a demographic she officially belongs to) have
The Great Retreat and the Rise of the Syndicated State History records the EDSA People Power Revolution as a victory of the masses, but for the “Productive Pinoy”—the CPAs, educators, entrepreneurs, and doctors of Negros and Panay—it was something more
“There’s a hell lot of politics in football” – Tommy Docherty This year marks the 23rd edition of the FIFA World Cup hosted by United States, Canada and Mexico – a first time tri-nation hosts arguably the biggest event that
The 115 barangays across the Negros Occidental 3rd district will benefit the “Ikaayong Lawas On Wheels Serbisyo Mediko sa Tersero Distrito,” which kicked off on March 2, a joint partnership of the Riverside Medical Center and Representative Javier Miguel Benitez.
