About 34,925 indigent students in Region 3 (Central Luzon) have received educational assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in four separate payout activities. Based on data from the DSWD-3’s Policy and Plans Division, released on Thursday, the department served 3,911 and 8,969 student-beneficiaries in the first and second payouts, respectively, in the seven provinces of the region – Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales. Subsequently, a total of 22,045 received educational aid in the third and fourth payouts on September 3 and 10. A total of PHP126.9 million was allotted
A partnership between the provincial government of Negros Oriental and the Tourism Educators Council of Negros Oriental and Siquijor (TECNOS) for World Tourism Day will provide students in this sector the venue to hone their skills as tourism front liners. Myla Mae Bromo Abellana, Provincial Tourism Unit chief, told the Philippine News Agency on Thursday that the TECNOS member schools that are participating in these activities starting next week are the Negros Oriental State University campuses; St. Paul University Dumaguete; Metro Dumaguete College; Colegio de Santa Catalina de Alejandria; Foundation University; and Asian College -STI, which offer tourism, hotel
Risk-off sentiments continue to dampen investors’ appetite, resulting in another negative close for the local bourses’ main index but the peso continues to keep its footing against the US dollar. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 0.11 percent, or 7.19 points, to 6,575.67 points. All Shares slipped by 0.009 percent, or 0.31 points, to 3,496.90 points. Most of the sectoral indices also finished in the negative territory namely Financials, 0.58 percent; Industrial, 0.44 percent; Holding Firms, 0.08 percent and Services, 0.03 percent. The Property and Mining and Oil indices, meanwhile, rose by 0.70 percent and
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has collected over PHP237 million through the public auction of “overstaying” containers in all ports nationwide during the first eight months of the year. In a statement Thursday, the bureau reported that from January to August 2022, a total of 318 “overstaying” containers were disposed of by the ports which generated total revenue of PHP237,379,455. Meanwhile, 519 containers have been condemned while 56 containers were donated to various government agencies. This is in line with the directive of Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz, to all the ports to expedite the disposition of all
Forty micro-entrepreneurs here have received livelihood kits from the Department of Trade Industry (DTI) under its Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa (PPG) program. In an interview on Thursday, DTI-Pangasinan provincial director Natalia Dalaten said among the recipients is a bakery owner, four canteen operators, and the rest are sari-sari store owners. Dalaten said their Livelihood Seeding Program (LSP) include the PPG and the Negosyo Serbisyo sa Barangay, which supports micro businesses in villages, particularly those from fifth and sixth class municipalities. “Palaguin o i-sustain ninyo ang inyong negosyo para ito ay makatulong sa inyong pamilya at sa
The Japanese and US defense chiefs on Wednesday agreed their nations will undertake joint technological research to counter hypersonic weapons, as they work to closely align their national security strategies amid China’s growing assertiveness in the region. The talks between Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon — their first in-person meeting since Hamada’s appointment last month — came amid heightened tensions over Taiwan following US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent trip to the self-ruled island. “China’s coercive actions in the Taiwan Strait and in the waters surrounding Japan
