Day: July 25, 2024

TACLOBAN CITY: The Northern Samar provincial government is positioning the province as a potential business processing and outsourcing (BPO) investment destination to create job opportunities in the province. Jhon Allen Berbon, head of the provincial economic development and investment promotions office (PEDIPO), said in a phone interview Thursday attracting BPO investments is timely since there is an ongoing improvement in mobile and broadband services through the new cell sites built by Globe. ‘Residents and businesses can anticipate reliable and high-speed internet connectivity. We are also in the process of preparing the compliance of Catarman town to the scorecards as a

PALO: At least 720,595 learners in Eastern Visayas have signed up for this new school year as the Department of Education (DepEd) steps up its preparation for the opening of classes on July 29. The DepEd regional office reported that the partial enrollment as of Thursday morning only represented 57.43 percent of the actual number of learners logged in the last academic year. DepEd Eastern Visayas assistant regional director Ronelo Firmo said they expect the figure to go up until the first few weeks of the new school year. ‘The recent trend is decreasing annually, especially for kindergarten and elementary,

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday said there is no reason for rice retail prices to spike despite the onslaught of the enhanced southwest monsoon and super typhoon Carina. “There’s no reason to worry na magtaas iyong presyo ng bigas dahil sa ngayon maganda iyong harvest natin noong (that the prices of rice will increase because our harvest is good during the last) dry season. We have enough harvest. Iyong ating importation, mataas din iyong level (our importation is also on a high level),” DA Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said in a phone interview. As of July