The inflation rate in Central Luzon has accelerated to 8.4 percent in October from 7.1 percent in September 2022, based on the latest report of the Philippine Statistics Authority-Regional Statistical Services Office (PSA-RSSO) III. This is the highest inflation recorded in the region since December 2008. Central Luzon ranked fourth among the regions — with Davao Region recording the highest inflation at 9.8 percent, followed by Zamboanga Peninsula at 9.0 percent, and Mimorapa at 8.5 percent. On the other hand, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and Soccskargen recorded the lowest inflation at 6.5 percent.
The series of shooting incidents in Negros Oriental during the past few days is not alarming, the director of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) said Tuesday. Col. Jonathan Pineda said in an interview that even though the shooting incidents were reported in succession in different parts of the province, these are not related and there is no reason to be alarmed. “These incidents were perpetrated by different personalities with various motives and as such, these cases are not connected to each other,” Pineda said in mixed English and Filipino. “What would be alarming to us
The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on second reading three priority tax measures that would generate at least PHP47 billion in new revenues annually. During the plenary session, the chamber approved House Bill 4102, which seeks to impose an excise tax of PHP100 per kilo of disposable plastic bag; House Bill 4122, which seeks to impose a 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on foreign digital service providers (DSPs); and House Bill 4339 or the proposed Package 4 of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program. House Ways and Means committee chair Joey Salceda, principal author and sponsor of the measures,
Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao and residents hit by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng felt relieved when no less than President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday arrived here bringing various assistance to be able to recover. “The president by coming to Antique despite of his busy schedule has shown his commitment to help our small province that always had been close to his heart,” Cadiao said in an interview. She said the Chief Executive held the Western Visayas regional assessment of the weather disturbance in the province. Marcos also directed the Department of Public Works and Highways
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has installed safety barriers, added pedestrian lanes, lighting, and landscape to the intersection along Manila North Road in Barangay Pennsylvania-Parian road and Barangay Sevilla national highway here to ensure safety of motorists and pedestrians. In a statement on Tuesday, DPWH Ilocos Region information officer Esperanza Tinaza said the development of the intersection was allocated PHP18.6 million under the 2022 General Appropriations Act. “This includes landscaping, asphalt paving to provide a smoother ride for motorists traveling through, and installation of stainless safety barriers to resist direct impacts from vehicles,” she said.
The Sandiganbayan has cleared a private individual who had been among those convicted in a graft case against Navy officials found responsible for the anomalous procurement in 1990 of medical and dental supplies. In the 3-page resolution dated Nov. 3 and written by Associate Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang, it granted the motion for reconsideration filed by private individual Ermina L. Castillos. Castillos had pointed out that she had been cleared in the case and that the amended information no longer included her as an accused and therefore “she should not have been convicted in the said cases as she
