A bettor who bought his ticket in Makati City bagged the PHP49.5-million jackpot prize in Sunday night’s Ultra Lotto 6/58 draw. In an advisory Monday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said the lucky bettor guessed the winning combination of 22-02-14-30-10-35 with a jackpot of PHP49,500,000. Some 28 bettors who guessed five correct numbers won second prize and will receive PHP120,000 each. About 1,115 bettors got PHP2,000 each for getting four of the winning combinations while 18,593 bettors won PHP100 each for guessing three right combinations. The 6/58 Ultra Lotto is drawn every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. This is the

“Kalesas” or horse-drawn carriages in decorative lights will soon be available for public transport along the main thoroughfares of this city as the province of Ilocos Norte moves to revive its industrial heritage. Meant to attract tourists, including locals, who may wish to experience a kalesa ride around the city while providing livelihood to the dwindling number of “kutseros” (carriage driver), the Ilocos Norte Tourism Office reported Monday that at least seven kalesa operators were selected to join in the pilot run of the kalesa lighted evening tour. Provincial tourism officer Aianree Raquel said selected kalesa operators are all experienced,

Eastern Visayas has started preparing the 2023 budget proposal utilizing the Regional Development Council (RDC) review drive, a cloud-based repository of budget proposals from the different agencies. National Economic and Development Authority Regional Director Bonifacio Uy said Monday RDC members have been oriented on the budget preparation and review process, highlighting the newly approved RDC Eastern Visayas budget guidelines for next year. “These particular guidelines now spell-out the various steps that needs to be complied with for an effective budget review of proposals. Particularly, these guidelines adopt prioritization criteria for the ranking of projects proposed by agencies and state universities

Electricity has been restored in 110 out of 500 villages in Southern Leyte after more than a month of power outage caused by Typhoon Odette. The Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (Soleco) reported on Sunday that as of January 28, at least 36,016 houses and establishments have been energized out of the 105,787 affected power consumers. “As of this posting, 21.87 percent of villages are already partially energized within the coverage area of Soleco. Per consumer status, 34.05 percent are already energized,” Soleco said in its report. These partially-energized communities are in Maasin City, Macrohon, Padre Burgos, Tomas Oppus, Bontoc, Sogod,

Consumers are facing higher prices of petroleum products as February kicks off. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz, Phoenix Petroleum, PTT Philippines, Seaoil, Shell, and Unioil will increase both diesel and gasoline prices by PHP0.75 per liter starting Tuesday morning. Caltex, Seaoil, and Shell will also hike kerosene prices by PHP0.45 per liter. With the price increase in the past four weeks, year-to-date adjustments in gasoline prices stood a net increase of PHP4.95 per liter; PHP7.20 per liter increment on diesel; and PHP6.75 per liter hike on kerosene. According to OilPrice.com, the uptrend in international price of oil is

The Department of Labor and Employment in Western Visayas (DOLE-6) announced on Monday the availability of cash aid for another batch of workers displaced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis. Under the Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP 3), the agency provides a one-time financial assistance of PHP5,000 to affected workers and individuals in the private sector where Alert Level 3 was declared starting January 2022. “DOLE-6 accepts applications (from) workers whose employment were affected due to temporary and permanent closure of employers’ establishment or the implementation of retrenchment as mitigating measures,” it said in an advisory posted on Facebook.