Day: October 20, 2025

Cagayan valley: Minimum wage earners and domestic workers in Cagayan Valley will have an increase in their salaries starting next month. This development comes after the National Wages and Productivity Commission-Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-Region II (NWPC-RTWPB-RII) approved separate wage orders to adjust their pay. According to Philippines News Agency, Wage Order No. RTWPB No. 2-24, approved on October 8, 2025, grants a salary increase ranging from PHP20 to PHP40 for workers in the non-agricultural and agricultural sectors, respectively. With these increases taking effect on November 5, the daily minimum wage for non-agricultural workers will rise to PHP500 from

Manila: Investors stayed at the sidelines Monday ahead of the earnings season, resulting in the drop in the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi), and the peso weakened against the U.S. dollar. According to Philippines News Agency, both the main equities and the broader indices shed 0.09 percent to 6,084.07 points for the PSEi and 3,661.92 points for the All Shares. Most of the sectoral gauges also finished in the red, led by the Mining and Oil sector, which slipped 2.54 percent. It was followed by the Services sector, dropping 0.61 percent; Financials, 0.56 percent; and Holding Firms, 0.11 percent. On

Iloilo city: Sixteen individuals in Negros and Panay have been permanently disqualified from possessing a driver’s license since January this year due to severe traffic infractions, the Land Transportation Office-Western Visayas (LTO-6) reported on Monday. Among these are a male motorist in Iloilo City and a female motorist in Bacolod City, who presented fraudulent permits for renewal in May this year. According to Philippines News Agency, Regional Director Gaudioso Geduspan II ordered the perpetual disqualification of the two who attempted to renew fake driver’s licenses. Each license number did not match the agency’s official records, while the documents were unregistered

Bacolod: This city’s Lone District Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has filed a bill seeking the creation of a disaster risk and financing insurance strategy with an initial funding of P20 billion for the repair and rehabilitation of calamity-hit public infrastructure. According to Philippines News Agency, in filing House Bill (HB) No. 5202 or the Public Infrastructure Financing and Insurance Bill, Benitez emphasized the importance of prioritizing this initiative due to the significant direct and indirect social and economic costs that arise from delays, given the constant exposure of public works to worsening climate conditions. The bill mandates the development of

Geneva: Sen. Raffy Tulfo has called on Cambodian authorities to take action against the masterminds and criminal syndicates responsible for the increasing number of Filipino victims of human trafficking. Tulfo made this appeal during the ASEAN+3 meeting, which includes Korea, Japan, and China, at the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly held at the Geneva International Conference Center in Switzerland. According to Philippines News Agency, Tulfo emphasized the necessity for Cambodia to fortify its borders to prevent traffickers from exploiting the route between the Philippines and Cambodia to traffic Filipino workers. He highlighted the urgency of the issue, stating that it