Community fashion show lifts esteem for local fiber, heritage products

About 60 children walked the runway donned in local handloom textiles or accessorized with products from Western Visayas in a community fashion show, adding color to the 2023 Panubli-on (heritage) trade fair organized by the Department of Trade and I…

PICPA sees AI as opportunity to improve, advance accounting profession

The Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) said Thursday they view artificial intelligence (AI) as an opportunity to advance their skills and improve their profession rather than a threat.

Speaking about AI during a press confe…

Benguet province eyes Panagbenga-like festival in 2024

A lawmaker here is mulling a Panagbenga-like celebration of its 124th foundation anniversary next year.

Lone District Representative Eric Yap, in an interview on the sidelines of this year’s 123rd Foundation Day program on Thursday, said he has alr…

142 wanted persons fall in series of security ops in Caraga

At least 142 wanted persons were arrested in a series of Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) conducted by the Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 (Caraga) from Nov. 14 to 22.

Of the arrested suspects, 38 are considered most…

Over 41.9K indigent elderlies in Antique receive benefits

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has completed the release of the benefits for 41,956 indigent senior citizens including centenarians in Antique for this year.

DSWD Regional Office 6 Protective Services Division chief Katherin…

PEZA investment approvals from Jan.-Nov. surge 147% to P141B

Investment approvals in the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) have continued to recover with pledges between January and November 2023 surging by 147 percent to PHP140.88 billion, from PH57.05 billion in the same period in 2022.

The investme…

E-CLIP can be key to peace in Mindanao – DSWD

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Alan A. Tanjusay on Thursday expressed ‘full confidence’ that peace in Mindanao under the leadership of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will soon be achieved through the Enhanced Compr…