The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said it has signed a registration agreement with agricultural products supplier Superseed Agriculture Corp. (SAC) for the company’s manufacturing facility in Laguna. The agreement, which recognized SAC as an ecozone domestic market enterprise, was...
Expect pickup trucks to be more costly after the provision reimposing the excise tax on the vehicle type was approved, alongside other tax reform measures under the proposed Capital Market Efficiency Promotion Act (CMEPA). The CMEPA, a legislation deemed a priority of the administration under the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, May 7, reiterated that there is no automatic pass or "auto-pass" policy in the Philippine public school system, amid growing concerns about the trend of mass promotion — where students advance to the next grade level despite not meeting learning...
In the Davao region, the City of Davao is driving growth with an upbeat economy and widening opportunities for business, modern living, and leisure. The highly urbanized city registered 52.3 percent of the total gross domestic product, the largest share in the region in 2023. Davao City’s...
Tourism is not a solo act. In this symphony of efforts, every collaboration, every handshake, every shared vision moves the Philippines further onto the world stage. It is a story written not by one, but by many. Mia Borromeo, Kaye Tinga, and Ana Lorenzana de Ocampo Live Nation’s...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – One-thousand, seven-hundred sixty-eight police officers from Region 2 or Cagayan Valley were promoted on Thursday, Feb. 6. PRO-2 chief Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr. inducted the promotees – 38 police commissioned officers composed...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Eight-hundred seventy-eight Police Regional Office-13 (Caraga) personnel were promoted and sworn in on Thursday, Feb. 6. NEWLY promoted police officers are inducted in Camp Col. Rafael C. Rodriguez, Butuan City, on Thursday, Feb. 6. (Mike U. Crismundo)...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 1,018 policemen in Negros Island were promoted on Thursday, Feb. 6. TWO-hundred seventy-four policemen were promoted in Negros Oriental on Thursday, Feb. 6. (Photo courtesy of Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office) Five-hundred twenty-seven were from Negros...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – One-thousand, seven-hundred seventy-seven police officers from the Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) were promoted on Thursday, Feb. 6. PRO-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista led the mass oathtaking, donning, and pinning of ranks at the PRO-1 Grandstand in this...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City, Quezon – Two-hundred sixty police officers from the Quezon Police Provincial Office were promoted during a ceremony in this camp on Thursday, Feb. 6. Newly promoted Quezon police personnel are sworn in on Thursday, Feb. 6, in Camp Nakar, Lucena City. Police...
President Marcos has signed into law the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act which institutionalizes mental health and well-being programs in schools. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos signed on Monday, Dec. 9, the Republic Act No. 12080, an...
The Board of Investments (BOI) and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) have formalized their partnership to strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties between Manila and Seoul. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on Oct. 7, 2024, the two agencies committed to jointly...
