Day: September 16, 2024

Manila: Personal remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) went up by 3.2 percent in July this year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. Data released by the BSP on Monday showed that personal remittances amounted to USD3.43 billion in July from USD3.32 billion a year ago. The BSP said the increase was due to higher remittances from land-based workers with contracts of one year or more and sea- and land-based workers with work contracts of less than one year. Personal remittances cover cash sent through banks and informal channels and also remittances in kind. Cash remittances coursed through banks

Manila: The Malacañan Palace on Sunday held a concert for the one-year countdown to the Philippine hosting of the Fédération Internationale De Volleyball (FIVB) Volleyball Men’s World Championship 2025. The Philippines secured the hosting rights for its proven track record of hosting major volleyball events and passionate fanbase. It is the second Asian country to secure the hosting duties after Japan in 1998 and 2006. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Marcos graced the concert that showcased performances from the medalists of the World Championships of Performing Arts Team Philippines. An audio-visual presentation about the ‘Alas Pilipinas,’

ILOILO City – Some 2,520 public schools in Western Visayas shifted to alternative learning delivery mode (ADM) on Monday following the suspension of face-to-face classes due to bad weather. In an interview, Hernani Escullar Jr., Department of Education Western Visayas information officer, said 532 schools in Iloilo province; 82 in Guimaras; 537 in Antique; 66 in Iloilo City; 70in Bacolod City; and 1,233 in Negros Occidental, cancelled face-to-face classes. ‘We have monitored the suspension of classes in 17 school divisions. There are areas where in-person classes continue, but based on our guidelines, if ever their local government units will declare

CEBU CITY – South Korea’s Jung Hoon and Lee Yee-un delivered an awe-inspiring performance in the Standard Adult category to retain the title in the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) Cebu Open 2024 on Sunday night. Showing their mastery in Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Foxtrot and Quickstep, the Koreans impressed the judges and captivated the crowd at the ballroom of the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino in Lahug. “We expected to win because we came prepared for this tournament,” said the 25-year-old Lee, a senior high school teacher like Jung, 29. “We practice four hours every day, morning and evening,

Manila: Agri Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee on Monday urged the Benefits Committee (BenCom) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to immediately convene for the implementation of increases in essential benefit packages. Lee issued the call after the Department of Health (DOH), which leads the BenCom, announced the increase in the hemodialysis package rate from PHP4,000 to PHP6,350 per session. ‘We thank the DOH and PhilHealth for heeding our call to increase the coverage in medical treatments like hemodialysis. But our question is: why are increases done on a piecemeal basis?’ Lee said in Filipino in a news release. ‘If