BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has reported that a P95.5-million flood control project in Barangay Masgad, Malimono, Surigao de Norte is 90 percent complete. DPWH-13 (Caraga) Regional Director Engr. Pol M. delos Santos, in his progress report to DPWH Secretary...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has lifted the suspension on the trading of the shares of SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC) on Friday, Dec. 1, after the firm reported that its public float has been raised to 20.02 percent to meet the minimum public ownership requirement of 20 percent. ...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez on Tuesday, November 28, said Japanese consultants are interested in helping address flooding here. “They’re going around the city trying to identify the best solutions for our flood,” Benitez said in a press briefing. BENITEZ...
ILOILO CITY – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) announced that the three separate dams of the multi-billion mega dam project in Iloilo province have been structurally completed. THE Jalaur High Dam, the biggest of the three dams being built in Calinog town, Iloilo province....
CEBU CITY – Two families were the recent beneficiaries of the “Libre Alagad ug Balay” (LAB) project of the Bohol Police Provincial Office (BPPO) in Catigbian, Bohol. BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado leads the turnover of a newly constructed house to a family in Barangay Maitum, Catigbian, Bohol as...
Paris promised, so Marrakech must deliver. Oh, maybe Bonn, or Katowice, or Madrid will deliver. Oops, let’s try this again. Paris promised, and Glasgow will deliver. Still, no? Okay, Sharm El-Sheikh will deliver. Okay, maybe this time we’ll get it right; Dubai must deliver. It seems like...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is eyeing to seek assistance from Japan or two other international financial institutions to bankroll three major railways project in Luzon and Mindanao. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista said Japan, through its Japan International Cooperation Agency...
For over a decade, Project Wheelchair has been helping Filipinos with special health needs live their best lives through its initiative. Its mission continues to this day as it gathers noted Filipino chefs to support its goals through a charity dinner to be held on Nov. 19 at the Champagne Room of...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has awarded the livelihood program that benefited Indigenous Peoples (IP) as the construction of the Iloilo mega dam project is ongoing. CONSTRUCTION ongoing at the Jalaur High Dam, one of the three dams being built in Calinog town,...
San Jose del Monte City lone district Rep. Florida "Rida" Robes (center) (Facebook) A ranking congresswoman is pursuing a measure that would help delinquent beneficiaries of the government’s housing program keep their houses without fear of being ejected. ...
BACOLOD CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will lead the turnover of the socialized housing project dubbed Yuhum Residences here on December 20. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez accompanies Secretary Jose Acuzar of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (DHSUD) during a...
By YVETTE TAN Arnold Abear, 43, from Bagong Silang, Maramag, Bukidnon is a farmer who has found success in planting coffee. Arnold Abear and his daughter. (Nestle Philippines) The former rubber farmer switched crops in 2008, after rubber prices dropped during the financial crisis that same...
