Day: September 16, 2024

BACOLOD CITY – “Sa Pwesto ni Pistong” (The Barber’s Chair) bagged three major awards at the maiden Bacolod Film Festival (BFF) awards night held at the SM Cinema 1 here Sunday. The movie won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. ‘Sa Pwesto ni Pistong’, written and directed by Vincent Joseph Entuna, is about a humble barber navigating a tumultuous era while serving diverse customers, including a prominent haciendero and an idealistic nephew. The BFF, organized by the city government with support from the Department of Trade and Industry and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), featured 10

DUMAGUETE CITY – More than 2,000 individuals were evacuated in Negros Oriental due to flooding triggered by torrential rains brought about by the southwest monsoon or habagat over the weekend. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office also reported the death of one person who was found floating off Apo Island on Sunday due to the inclement weather. A total of 491 families or 2,028 individuals from Siaton (146 families/511 individuals); Sta. Catalina (122 families/433 individuals); Zamboanguita (3 families/8 individuals); Bayawan City (378 households/201 families/1,001 individuals); and Canlaon City (19 families/65 individuals) were taken to safer grounds, according to

Manila: Celebrating its 57th founding anniversary on Monday, 2024 is expected to be another banner year for the Board of Investments (BOI) as project registrations in less than nine months already hit record-high. The BOI announced Monday that its investment approvals from Jan. 1 to Sept. 15 this year have reached PHP1.35 trillion, surging by 82 percent from PHP741.98 billion registrations in the same period last year. This also surpassed the full year approvals in 2023 at PHP1.26 trillion. ‘As we celebrate our 57th anniversary, we are more inspired with the strong show of confidence by local and foreign investors

Manila: The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) of Region 4-A (Calabarzon) and Region 7 (Central Visayas) have issued wage orders granting increases in the daily minimum wage rates of workers in private establishments, directly benefiting 1.2 million minimum wage earners. In a statement Monday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the daily wage adjustment in Calabarzon and Central Visayas ranges from PHP21 to PHP75 and PHP33 to PHP43, respectively. This brings the minimum wage rates in Calabarzon to PHP450 to PHP560 in the non-agriculture sector; PHP425 to PHP500 in the agriculture sector; and PHP425 in retail

Manila: Tropical depression Gener slightly intensified while slowly moving west southwestward, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Monday. In its 11 a.m. bulletin, the weather bureau said the center of Gener was estimated at 325 kilometers east northeast of Casiguran, Aurora with maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center, and gustiness of up to 70 kph. It said Gener and the tropical storm with international name ‘Pulasan’ are enhancing the southwest monsoon or (habagat) that is now affecting Mimaropa, Bicol, Visayas, Zambanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Caraga and Davao regions. ‘Gener will likely cross