The government will start accepting bids for the Ilocos Norte-Ilocos Sur-Abra Irrigation Project by January 2025 after President Marcos, as chairman of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, approved it, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said. NIA...
Christmas to me is riding a bike around the CCP complex when it was quieter and most of the streets were off limits to motorists. I would bike as fast as I could, challenging gravity, while singing “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” faster and faster until I could go no faster on the bike, let alone...
Following the beyond-target approved investments this year, the Board of Investments (BOI) is now aiming to surpass this record by securing P1.75 trillion in approvals for 2025. BOI Director Lanie Dormiendo, during a Dec. 20 press briefing, said that this 18 percent increase from current levels...
BACOLOD CITY – The topnotcher in the December 2024 Physical Therapist Licensure Exam from this city has received a P300,000 cash incentive. The Riverside College-Bacolod turned over a check to Raymund Carlo Masbaño during a buffet lunch to all board exam passers in an upscale restaurant at SM...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has exceeded its 2024 investment targets, reaching a total of P1.834 trillion in investments from the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). According to the DTI, the major factors behind this achievement include...
The Board of Investments (BOI) is seeking to strengthen trade and investment relations with Hungary, focusing on electronics, semiconductors, IT-BPM, and software development. At the recent Philippine-Hungary Business Forum, BOI Managing Head and Trade Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo highlighted...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by President Marcos, approved a key irrigation project in northern Luzon that will provide irrigation water and possibly hydroelectrical power to the region. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and NEDA Secretary...
TAKING THE LEAD The Philippine delegation at the IBTM World 2024, featuring representatives from the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines, The Manila Hotel, Blue Horizons Travel and Tours, Inc., Uni Orient Travel, Inc., and Travelite DMC Philippines Showcasing the best of what the...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by President Marcos, has approved the implementation of a free trade agreement with South Korea and two major infrastructure projects totaling P63.2 billion. In a statement on Tuesday, Dec. 17, NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan...
BACOLOD CITY – Two nursing graduates from Negros Occidental placed eighth in the November 2024 Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination. NAKAR (via UNO-R) Mary Catherine Nakar, a resident of Kabankalan City, and Ellisha Leigh Perocho, from Bago City, both obtained a 91 percent rating in the board...
The Board of Investments (BOI) reported that it has approved a total of P1.58 trillion in investments in the first 11 months of the year, driven largely by a surge in renewable energy projects. In a statement on Wednesday, Dec. 4, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) attached-agency said the...
President Marcos emphasized how the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) will significantly assist the Philippines in addressing the adverse effects of climate change amid increasing disaster risks. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with the members of the Board of the Fund for...
