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Power firm extends bill due date under Alert Level 4
November 9, 2021, 7:34 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative II (NORECO II) is extending its due date for the settlement of electric bills by member-consumer-owners (MCOs) for 15 days while the province is under Alert Level 4 status in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). NORECO… Read More
Economist eyes BSP rate hike starting in H1 2022
November 9, 2021, 3:53 pm
MANILA – An economist projects a hike in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) key rates starting in the first half of 2022 following the higher-than-expected domestic growth in the third quarter of 2021. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Tuesday reported the 7.1-percent… Read More
PH economy grows 7.1% in Q3, still among highest in SE Asia
November 9, 2021, 1:59 pm
MANILA – The Philippine economy expanded by 7.1 percent from July to September, among the highest third-quarter growths in the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations and East Asian region amid the pandemic, boosting optimism about staging a strong recovery next year. The third-quarter gross… Read More
Zambo City studying downgrade to GCQ starting Nov. 16
November 4, 2021, 7:00 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Local officials here will be studying the possibility of downgrading the city's quarantine status to the less strict general community quarantine effective November 16. This was after Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Thursday ordered the City Health Office to review the… Read More
Unemployment uptick in September due to extended MECQ
November 4, 2021, 2:01 pm
MANILA – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Thursday that the unemployment rate in September slightly increased to 8.9 percent from 8.1 percent in August. Labor force participation also declined to 63.3 percent from 63.6 percent in the same period. The National Economic and… Read More
Battle vs. Covid-19 shifts from hospitals to houses: Zambo mayor
November 3, 2021, 6:51 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Wednesday called on the people here to consider the continuing fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as their personal responsibility, as the battle against the deadly virus shifts from hospitals to households. Salazar made the… Read More
Tourism sector braces for Zambo City’s ‘bakuna bubble’
November 1, 2021, 7:16 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city tourism office is intensifying the vaccination of workers in tourism-related establishments as the sector readies for the implementation of the “bakuna bubble” here. In a “bakuna bubble,” social gatherings of people in events such as weddings, birthdays, and… Read More
Hundred Islands eyes high tourist arrivals with shift to MGCQ
October 29, 2021, 4:57 pm
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – The City Tourism Office here is hoping for increased tourist arrivals following the province’s shift to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) starting November 1. In an interview on Friday, City Tourism Officer Miguel Sison said the tourist arrivals at the… Read More
Alert level system to cover 25 more areas from Nov. 1 to 14
October 29, 2021, 2:20 pm
MANILA – At least 25 provinces and cities outside Metro Manila have been added to the roster of areas that will be placed under new alert levels from November 1 to 14, Malacañang announced Friday. This, after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases… Read More
Stocks slip ahead of GDP data release; peso almost unchanged
October 28, 2021, 6:58 pm
MANILA – Risk-off sentiments resulted in another negative close to the main equities index on Thursday but the peso closed sideways to a greenback. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 1 percent, or 72.42 points, to 7,157.73 points. All Shares followed with a drop of 0.74 percent,… Read More
Safe reopening of economy restores jobs: NEDA chief
October 28, 2021, 6:08 pm
MANILA – Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua has cited the need to let the economy function normally instead of locking it down and providing stimulus measures that will have little benefit to domestic output and the people. In a reply to a query regarding his stand on the… Read More
NEDA chief sees sustained GDP expansion in Q3
October 27, 2021, 9:14 pm
MANILA – The domestic economy is expected to remain in expansion mode even with the movement restrictions in the third quarter of 2021. In his speech during the Manila Times virtual 123rd anniversary on Wednesday, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said around 77 percent of… Read More
PH 'successfully' contained Delta variant in less than 2 months
October 25, 2021, 6:32 pm
MANILA – Even with the highly transmissible and dominant Delta variant, the Philippines has controlled the rise in number of coronavirus cases with a better healthcare systems in place, a health official said Monday. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the government was expecting… Read More
Sara lifts curfew, modifies liquor ban in Davao City
October 25, 2021, 5:20 pm
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sara Z. Duterte announced on Monday the lifting of a city-wide curfew effective Tuesday until January 15 and the issuance of guidelines for a modified liquor ban. The mayor said the modified guidelines were contained in her Executive Order No. 59 issued on Monday. “As the… Read More
4 Ilocos Sur LGUs revert to MECQ
October 22, 2021, 6:45 pm
LAOAG CITY – The city of Candon and three towns in Ilocos Sur are back to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) status for two weeks starting Friday (October 22) to contain the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a public advisory in the official Facebook page of Governor… Read More
DOE chief vows to look into high fuel prices in Zambo City
October 22, 2021, 3:01 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi vowed on Friday to look into the exorbitant prices of fuel in this southern port city. Cusi’s statement came after Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar made an appeal through Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista,… Read More
Bataan seeks eased curbs amid dip in active cases
October 21, 2021, 3:48 pm
BALANGA CITY – Bataan Governor Albert Garcia is appealing for eased quarantine restrictions in the province due to the decline in the number of active coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases. Garcia said the provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Covid-19, which he chairs, has submitted… Read More
3 farmers’ groups in Zambo Norte get DA livelihood aid
October 21, 2021, 1:51 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) program, has released Thursday some PHP1.6 million worth of livelihood assistance to three farmer associations in Zamboanga del Norte under the Broiler Chicken Raising Project. DA… Read More
NegOr gives more freedom to fully-vaxxed
October 20, 2021, 7:49 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo, with the start of Alert Level 4 here, has issued a new executive order in the management and response of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic but giving more emphasis on the government’s vaccination program. Adrian Sedillo,… Read More
Imported vehicle sales up in September
October 20, 2021, 7:47 pm
MANILA – Vehicle importers are becoming more optimistic towards the end of the year as sales of outsourced cars increased in September. The Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) on Wednesday reported that sales last month grew 26 percent to 4,946 units from 3,919 units sold… Read More
