The Negros Occidental provincial government has offered a bounty of PHP500,000 to anyone who can provide vital information that would lead to the arrest of the person or persons behind the murder of provincial consultant for hospital operations Mariano Antonio Cui III last April. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson issued the notice of reward on October 6, and a copy of which was posted on the official Facebook page of San Carlos City, the hometown of Cui, on Friday. The notice advised the public to immediately contact the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Bacolod District Office chief Renoir Baldovino at telephone
A cat from another planet is set to learn Filipino values through the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ (NCCA) animation series, “Heneral Tuna”. This will be aired via the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) Facebook page and other social media platforms every Friday starting October 15. “The NCCA is using animation, short films, teleserye to be able to communicate (message and values) in a subtle yet effective way,” said NCCA officer-in-charge executive director Marichu Tellano at the animation’s media preview on Friday. “Heneral Tuna” is from “Planet Mingming”, and will be tasked to observe the earthlings,
The Philippine Postal Corporation (Post Office) is proud to celebrate “World Post Day” on Oct. 9, 2021, in solidarity with Postal Workers around the World in serving communities in times of crisis. World Post Day is celebrated each year in connection with the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. It was officially declared by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. The Philippines is an active member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) which is composed of 192 member countries around the world. Postmaster General Norman N.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Friday reported another uptick in the rate of its 28-day Bill as demand continues to remain robust. In a statement, the central bank said the average rate of the debt paper, which is among the central bank’s tools to siphon off excess liquidity in the economy, rose to 1.7832 percent from last week’s 1.7670 percent. BSP lowered the offer volume this week to PHP100 billion from last week’s PHP110 billion. The auction committee made a full award, with total tenders amounting to PHP147.84 billion. BSP Deputy Governor Francisco Dakila Jr., in a statement,
It would be difficult for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to uncover the truth in President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign without the Philippine government’s cooperation, Malacañang said on Friday. “Without the cooperation of the state, mahihirapan po sila (it would be hard for them) to uncover the truth,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said during the Laging Handa briefing. Roque’s statement came a day after ICC prosecutor Karim Khan vowed to conduct an “independent and impartial” investigation into allegations of crimes against humanity associated with Duterte’s anti-narcotics campaign.” Khan also said the investigation seeks to “uncover the truth and aim to
Exempting small-scale miners from paying income and excise taxes resulted in around 1,000 percent jump in Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) gold purchases in 2020 and more refinements are still in the pipeline to support this. In a virtual briefing on Friday, BSP Mint and Refinery Operations Department Director Joseph Norbert S. David said Republic Act (RA) 11256, or the amendment in the National Internal Revenue Code, which was signed into law on March 29, 2019 “has a positive impact on our purchases”. “The BSP was able to buy a total volume of 115,800 troy ounces as compared to the
