Day: September 10, 2024

ILOILO CITY – Residents of this city, already enjoying one of the lowest electricity rates in the country, can expect reduced power rates in the coming month. In an interview on Tuesday, More Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) chief executive officer Roel Castro said the residential rate in this city in August was at PHP12.67 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), one of the lowest rates in Panay and Guimaras islands. ‘Even for this month, we are one of the lowest. There was an aberration because of the ERC (Energy Regulatory Commission) order but if we normalize, we are still one of

Manila: Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Acting Secretary Ma. Cristina Roque will embark on her first official trip abroad, a month after the turnover of the agency’s flag to her, to promote Filipino micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) Roque told reporters Tuesday that she will go to Japan on Sept. 11 to inaugurate the pilot DTI Bagong Pilipinas retail store, which aims to showcase Philippine-made products. As she also holds the position of Undersecretary for MSME Development, one of the priority projects of the acting trade chief is the establishment of DTI Bagong Pilipinas stores in Philippine embassies

TACLOBAN CITY – Roble Shipping Inc. will have its maiden voyage of the Tacloban-Cebu trip on Wednesday, the first passenger ship to operate at the city’s port since 2008. First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos, Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Frederick Go, Roble Shipping Inc. president and chief executive officer Jose Emery Roble and Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez led on Tuesday the ribbon-cutting ceremony of M/V Claudine Star at the city port here. ‘Let’s expect the influx of travelers and the stronger trade in our city, which will pave the way to further strengthen our economy

DUMAGUETE CITY – The police seized PHP1.7 million worth of shabu and arrested a suspected drug pusher during a buy-bust in Barangay Candau-ay, this city, near midnight Monday. Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO), said Tuesday that the 40-year-old male suspect, of Purok Iba, Barangay Palinpinon, Valencia town, is classified as a “high-value individual” on the police’s list. He was arrested around 11:45 p.m. while allegedly selling shabu to an undercover agent at Purok Yellow Tops in Barangay Candau-ay. Authorities confiscated approximately 250 grams of suspected shabu during the operation. The suspect is currently

BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of La Castellana in Negros Occidental, which has several villages at the foot of Mt. Kanlaon, suspended classes on Tuesday following the increased seismic activity of the volcano in Negros Island. “Due to increasing unrest of Mt. Kanlaon, classes in all levels, both in public and private schools, are suspended today,” the local government said on its official Facebook page. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, chaired by Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan, cited the 11 a.m. advisory of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), saying 288 volcanic-tectonic earthquakes have been recorded by