The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Thursday turned over PHP300,000 as financial support to the center for victims of violence against women and children (VAW-C) in the province of Antique. The assistance is under the Institutional Partnership Program (IPP) of the PCSO that intends to assist displaced elderlies and children meet their basic needs, said PCSO Antique head William Centina in an interview during the turnover ceremony at the VAW-C or the Pagsapupo Center, which is under the Antique Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) here. “The PCSO is not only committed to provide medical assistance to patients

The installation of 32 wind turbines that can each generate 5 megawatts (MW) of electricity is expected to be completed within the last quarter of 2022 in the coastal barangays of Caunayan and Balaoi in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. Following a site inspection of the ongoing wind project, Gabino Ramon Mejia, president of AC Energy Philippines, said in a media interview on Wednesday that the new 160-MW wind farm in Pagudpud town will produce almost double the capacity of its existing 27 units of wind turbines in Sitio Ayoyo, Barangay Caparispisan, also Pagudpud. He hopes that by early January, the Ayala-led

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has turned over PHP3.29 million worth of livelihood kits to micro small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) in Southern Leyte badly affected by Typhoon Odette. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez said in an interview Thursday that 412 MSMEs received livelihood kits to restart their business during a ceremony held Wednesday in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte. Recipients of kits are from the towns of Sogod, Macrohon, Padre Burgos, Malitbog, Tomas Oppus, San Juan, Anahawan, Hinundayan, Hinunangan, Silago, Bontoc, Liloan, San Francisco, Pintuyan, San Ricardo, and Libagon. The livelihood kit ranges from groceries, kitchen wares, tools and

A newly-completed drip irrigation project will directly benefit the communities of indigenous people (IP) in this city, particularly in Sitio Tagkiling, Barangay Antical, the National Irrigation Administration in Caraga (NIA-13) has reported. In a statement Wednesday afternoon, the NIA-13 said the construction of the irrigation project started in August 2021 and was completed in February this year. The PHP16-million project, which was turned over to Tagkiling Farmers Irrigators Association on March 22, will benefit the 60 farmer-members of the association and the other farmers in the neighboring areas of Tagkiling. “The agency has ventured into different irrigation systems to help

At least four to six companies in the business process outsourcing (BPO) are willing to give up the fiscal incentives they are enjoying from the government just to adopt the work-from-home (WFH) arrangement, a newly organized group of BPO workers said. In a press conference Thursday, Alliance of Call Center Workers (ACW) co-convenor Lara Melencio said not less than four companies are choosing to forego their tax perks rather than force their workers to return to office, according to employees of these BPO firms. Melencio said BPO employees expect to still enjoy the same salary and incentives even though their

The city government here is revitalizing the Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Economic Development Council (MIGEDC) as the economy starts to pick up after the pandemic. The council chaired by Iloilo City with municipalities of Pavia, Oton, San Miguel, Sta.Barbara, Cabatuan, Leganes, and the province of Guimaras as members have slowed down due to the pandemic and change of administration, said Velma Jane Lao, executive director of the MIGEDC. “We are now on work planning with committees,” she said in an interview on Thursday. MIGEDC was created by virtue of Executive Order 559 signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on August 28, 2006.