The newly-reconstructed Tabang Bridge which directly connects the North Luzon Expressway to Manila North Road and the Cagayan Valley Road was formally opened to the public on Tuesday. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office said motorists will no longer have to endure heavy traffic and dilapidated alternative road routes as the reconstruction of the 40-year-old bridge is finished amid some unavoidable delays. Henry Alcantara, district engineer of the DPWH-Bulacan 1st DEO during an interview, said the delay in the opening of the bridge was due to the heavy rains caused by typhoon Fabian

The province of Ilocos Norte is looking for young agri-preneurs and existing entrepreneurs to join the search for the unique Ilocos flavor by submitting a comprehensive business plan featuring a new product using the province’s available high-value crops as main ingredient. Also open to students aged 18 and above, Elma Gabriel, head of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Office (MSMEO) under the Ilocos Norte government, said Tuesday the competition aims to maximize the use of available resources in the province with a potential market here and abroad. According to Gabriel, the submission of the proposed business plan is now

The Philippines aims to secure Japan’s assistance on safely disposing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) from various industries nationwide. Such assistance will enable the country to destroy HCFCs and HFCs without releasing these substances’ gases into the air — protecting the ozone layer and climate, noted the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) OIC Assistant Director Vizminda Osorio. “At present, the Philippines is coordinating with Japan’s Ministry of the Environment regarding the possibility of having a destruction facility here in our country,” she said during this month’s Ang Tinig Klima program aired on August 27 for the

The rates of treasury bills (T-bills) closed either flat or little changed on Tuesday amid the strong demand for the debt securities. The average rate of the 91-day T-bill was unchanged at 1.077 percent while it was sideways for the 182-day at 1.405 percent, and the 364-day paper at 1.616 percent. The rate of the 182-day paper during the T-bill auction last August 23 was at 1.408 percent, and the 364-day’s rate at 1.612 percent. All tenors were offered for PHP5 billion and the auction committee made full awards across-the-board. Total tenders for the three-month paper reached PHP15.584 billion while

A proposal seeking to end child marriages in the country has hurdled second reading at the House of Representatives. During Tuesday’s plenary session, the chamber passed through voice voting House Bill 9943, which seeks to protect children by prohibiting and declaring child marriage as illegal and imposing penalties for violations. Other unlawful acts would be the solemnization of child marriage and cohabitation of an adult with a child outside wedlock. The proposed law would impose penalties against solemnizing officers, parents, guardians, or adults who fixed, facilitated, or arranged child marriage. Under the bill, any person who performs or officiates a