Category: General

BACOLOD CITY: Inflation for all income households in this highly-urbanized city dropped further to 3.2 percent in October, following the 3.9 percent rate in September and 5.7 percent in August, a report released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Negros Occidental showed. ‘The decline in inflation rate was attributed to a slight decrease in the indices of some commodities like food and non-alcoholic beverages and housing/water/electricity/gas and other fuels,’ chief statistical specialist John Campomanes said in the summary inflation and consumer price index (CPI) report Saturday. According to Philippines News Agency, there was also a slight decrease in the price indices

San Juan City: Emilio Aguinaldo College defeated Arellano University, 69-59, Saturday to boost its semifinal bid in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 100 men’s basketball at FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City. Harvey Pagsanjan finished with 17 points, eight rebounds, three assists, two steals, and one block as the Generals tied the Lyceum of the Philippines University Pirates in fourth place at 8-8. According to Philippines News Agency, EAC has two more games left — against Lyceum on Tuesday and versus Jose Rizal University on Friday. If the Generals win both, they will advance to the Final

The Presidential Communications Office (PCO): will hold its first-ever Parangal: Gawad ng Kahusayan sa Komunikasyong Pampubliko on Dec. 17, in recognition of government offices’ exemplary communication programs and projects. In a statement late Friday, the PCO enjoined all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the national and local governments to submit their entries on or before Nov. 22. According to Philippines News Agency, all submissions of entries must be sent to PCO via official announcement on its social media platforms. The categories are Public Service Campaign Award, Government Innovations Award, Outstanding Digital Campaign Award, Broadcast Excellence Award, Outstanding Public Communicator Award,

Bogota: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), leading the Philippine delegation at the first Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children, pledged to adopt a whole-of-nation approach to tackle this critical issue. The commitment was made at the global conference held in Bogota, Colombia, where DSWD Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Attached and Supervised Agencies, Elaine Fallarcuna, emphasized the need for a robust child protection systems strategy integrated into the country’s legal and policy frameworks. According to Philippines News Agency, the Philippine government has committed to institutionalizing multidisciplinary teams across all cities, municipalities, and public hospitals by

MANILA: The low-pressure area (LPA) located east of the country has the potential to develop into a tropical cyclone within the next 12 hours, as reported by the weather bureau on Saturday. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) released a 4 a.m. bulletin indicating that the LPA entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) at 2 a.m. It was last observed at a distance of 1,150 kilometers east of southeastern Luzon. According to Philippines News Agency, PAGASA has assessed a high probability of the LPA transforming into a tropical cyclone shortly, although it currently poses no direct