Day: October 14, 2024

Ilocos Norte’s tourism and economy will get further boost from the PHP15 billion beachfront township project of Megaworld Corporation in this city. Ilocandia Coastown will have luxury residential areas, a shophouse district and a commercial center. The 84-hectare development will also feature a 1.4-kilometer beach line that includes part of the sand dunes near the Fort Ilocandia Hotel, about 15 minutes from the Laoag International Airport, according to Ilocos Norte Trade and Investment Promotions Office head Soya Bueno. ‘Our governor, Matthew Joseph Manotoc, being a hardworking ambassador for trade and investments here, have been instrumental in this major breakthrough,’ she

MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has clarified the application of the discount and value added tax (VAT) exemption granted to persons with disability (PWDs) when the food purchased is for group sharing or for delivery. Under Republic Act 10754 (Act Expanding Benefit and Privileges of Persons with Disability), PWD are entitled to a 20-percent discount on food purchases from restaurants ‘as long as it is for their exclusive use, enjoyment or availment,’ stated Opinion No 45, s. 2024, furnished to National Council on Disability Affairs Executive Director Glenda Relova by DOJ Assistant Secretary Randolph Pascasio. The DOJ said the

MANILA: Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla has urged local government units (LGUs) to “act now and act fast” in implementing disaster risk reduction measures. “We all need to act now. We have to act fast. We hope that through this Assembly, we will secure everyone’s commitment to plan and execute decisive and urgent local actions on disaster risk reduction and management more expediently,” the DILG chief said at the Local and Regional Government Assembly of the 2024 Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) in Pasay City on Monday. Remulla said the

Property giant Megaworld has tapped world-renowned Spanish sculptor Ginés Serrán-Pagán to create the ‘MassKara Queen,’ a 16-foot statue that will rise on the top of its 300-room hotel set to open here in 2028. Company officials unveiled the design in a special media event held at The Upper East House on Monday as the PHP2-billion Kingsford Hotel Bacolod is poised to rise as the largest hotel in this city. ‘In time for the MassKara Festival, we feel that this is the perfect time for us to reveal the MassKara Queen,’ Harold Geronimo, Megaworld vice president for public relations and media

MANILA: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has welcomed the creation of up to 5,000 regular positions for the agency’s employees. During the continuation of Senate deliberation on DSWD’s proposed budget for 2025, Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Assistant Secretary Leonido Pulido III told the Senate Committee on Finance chaired by Senator Imee Marcos on Monday that there is a continuing effort with DSWD ‘in order to start the regularization of at least 4,000 to 5,000 of the existing contractual positions.’ ‘Madame Chair, kung ‘yun po ang report ng DBM (if that is the report

The Department of Tourism lauded the Ormoc City government for earning three awards from the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) Pearl Awards 2024. DOT Eastern Visayas Regional Director Karina Rosa Tiopes said on Monday that Ormoc City brought home three prestigious awards in the independent/component city category during the ATOP national convention on Oct. 9 to 12, 2024 in South Cotabato. ‘This just shows that we have a local government and a local tourism office that is now becoming competitive in terms of performing their mandated tasks. This should inspire other local governments and give them the