Category: General

TACLOBAN CITY: The Northern Samar provincial government is positioning the province as a potential business processing and outsourcing (BPO) investment destination to create job opportunities in the province. Jhon Allen Berbon, head of the provincial economic development and investment promotions office (PEDIPO), said in a phone interview Thursday attracting BPO investments is timely since there is an ongoing improvement in mobile and broadband services through the new cell sites built by Globe. ‘Residents and businesses can anticipate reliable and high-speed internet connectivity. We are also in the process of preparing the compliance of Catarman town to the scorecards as a

ANKARA: The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will officially start with an exceptional opening ceremony across the River Seine on Friday evening. It will be the first time that an opening ceremony of the Olympics will not be held at a stadium. “Paris 2024 is breaking new ground by bringing sports into the city and the same will be true of the Opening Ceremony, set to be held in the heart of the city along its main artery: the Seine,” the Paris 2024 statement read. “The river parade will follow the course of the Seine, from east to west over 6

MANILA: More than PHP11 billion or still half of the government’s calamity fund for 2024 is at its disposal as the country reels from the effects of Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat. According to the Department Budget and Management (DBM), some PHP11.123 billion remains in the calamity fund out of the allocation of PHP22.736 billion for 2024, including a carryover amount of PHP2.236 billion from last year’s budget that may be used until yearend. ‘Our government is prepared. We are ready to support all operations for disaster rescue and relief with the necessary budget. Identified frontline

MALASIQUI: La Union recorded its first casualty since rains from the southwest monsoon aggravated by Super Typhoon Carina started Tuesday, while the number of evacuees has declined to 59 families. La Union Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) head Aureliano Rulloda III, in his report on Thursday, identified the 11-year told victim as Hayzel Rey Gaudia from Barangay Tammocalao Bacnotan town. He said the victim was brought to a hospital after she was hit by a fallen tree on July 23 but was pronounced dead on arrival by the doctor. Meanwhile, the search and rescue or retrieval operations

MANILA: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) touted some of its “game-changing projects” that would help spur economic development by improving mobility. During the hybrid post-State of the Nation Address (SONA) discussions in Pasay City on Wednesday, DPWH Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral said one of the agency’s game-changing projects is the Luzon Spine Expressway Network (LSEN) under the Marcos administration’s ‘Build Better More’ program. Once completed, she said, the LSEN would cut travel time from Ilocos to Bicol from 20 hours to 9 hours. Cabral said part of the LSEN is the 59-km. Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) Extension