Category: General

ILOILO CITY – The city government on Tuesday started the distribution of reading workbooks to 6,828 Grade 3 learners of the Division of Iloilo City under the Proof of Concept (POC), an initiative on the devolution of basic education. The provision of workbooks is in partnership with the Synergeia, the Department of Education (DepEd), the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II), and the Regional Education Council-Iloilo. Edwin Nacionales, program officer of Synergeia in Western Visayas, dubbed the turnover as a historic event, with the POC being one of the pet projects of DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara when he was

Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is pushing for investment incentives to promote the electric mobility (e-mobility) industry, Malacañang said Tuesday. This, as Marcos raised with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) some of the challenges that hinder the development of the e-mobility sector. During a sectoral meeting with the DOST and concerned agencies at Malacañan Palace on Tuesday, Marcos discussed ways to boost the Philippine e-mobility industry through science, technology and innovation. ‘We’re always running into the same problem. It’s the scaling, production design, then the investment. How do we (attract investments)? … ‘Yun ang (That’s the) hardest

Manila: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) Monetary Board approved USD3.81 billion public sector foreign borrowings in the third quarter of the year. Data released by the BSP on Tuesday showed the public sector’s foreign borrowings from July to September this year went up by 36 percent from the USD2.81 billion in the same period last year. The borrowings include one bond issuance amounting to USD2.50 billion, two project loans worth USD535.97 million, and one program loan amounting to USD778.59 million. The bond issuance will be used to fund the government’s general budget financing and financing or refinancing of assets

BACOLOD CITY – Average residential power rates in Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City, decreased in October due to the lower generation charge following the reduction in prices of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). The downward rate adjustment was announced by Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco), Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco), and Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (Noceco) in separate advisories. On Tuesday, Noneco reported a reduction of PHP0.89 per kilowatt hour (kWh) from PHP15.04 in September to PHP14.15 this month. ‘The payment for the WESM bill for the month of June 2024, divided and paid in four months, has already

DAVAO CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) here recorded 5,000 dengue cases and 50 fatalities from January to October this year, according to an official statement on Tuesday. Dr. Tomas Miguel Ababon, CHO officer-in-charge, said the villages with the highest cases are Talomo Proper and Buhangin. ‘We continue to urge the community to help prevent dengue by maintaining clean surroundings and eliminating mosquito breeding sites,’ Ababon said in a statement. He emphasized that the city is actively implementing its Dengue Prevention and Control Program through public information campaigns and the Mosquito-Borne Diseases Task Force. Ababon reminded households to follow