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Day: May 14, 2024

Cebu’s largest power distributor announces P0.86/kWh rate hike

CEBU: The Visayan Electric Company on Tuesday announced an increase of PHP0.86 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for residential consumers in its service area in Metro Cebu.

In an advisory, Visayan Electric said the increase is equivalent to 7.3 percent from P…

Senators want OP, DA to intervene in local rice market, not NFA

MANILA: Senators Imee Marcos and Cynthia Villar on Tuesday called on Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. for the agency, or the Office of the President, to assume the power to intervene in the local rice market, without t…

DA-CAR gives P31-M aid to El Niño-affected farmers

BAGUIO: The Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) has distributed about PHP31 million worth of supplies to El Niño-affected farmers.

Aida Pagtan, head of the DA-CAR Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Service,…

DOJ orders probe of investment firm named in SEC complaint

MANILA: Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Tuesday directed the panel of prosecutors to leave no stone unturned in its investigation on officials of a firm named by regulators as allegedly behind an illegal investment scheme.

In a statement, …