69-MW solar power farm to rise in Silay City

SILAY CITY: Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) is expanding its solar capacity with the construction of its second solar power farm in Silay City, Negros Occidental.

On Tuesday, CREC president and chief executive officer Oliver Tan, with chairman…

1st tranche of new P38 daily wage hike for R11 set on March 6

DAVAO CITY: The new PHP38 daily wage hike for minimum wage workers in Davao Region will start rolling out on March 6, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB-11) said Tuesday.

In a statement, the RTWPB-11 said the first of the two…

P3.4-M ‘shabu’ in diaper seized in Cotabato City

COTABATO CITY: Anti-narcotics operatives arrested an alleged big-time drug peddler from Sultan Kudarat province and seized PHP3.4 million worth of ‘shabu’ during a buy-bust along Sinsuat Avenue here on Monday night.

Agent Jocelyn Mary of the Philippi…

DepEd amends school calendar amid gradual shift to April-May break

MANILA: The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday released its amended school calendar amid its gradual shift back to the pre-pandemic April-May school break.

According to DepEd Order No. 3, series of 2024 dated Feb. 19, the ‘adjusted end of the…

117 PPP projects in pipeline

MANILA: The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center currently has 117 projects worth PHP2.5 trillion in the pipeline for undertaking between the government and private sector.

“This is as of February 2. Particularly, we have a bulk of the projects st…

Local shares rebound, peso ends sideways

MANILA: The local stock barometer rebounded on Tuesday after a two-day decline, while the peso ended sideways against the US dollar.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) improved by 56.05 points to 6,854.66, with All Shares gaining 19.09 points…

PBBM: PH to file case if cyanide fishing in Scarborough proven true

MANILA: The Philippines will file a case if there is substantial evidence of cyanide fishing in the Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal), President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday.

‘If we feel that there is enough grounds to do so, we will,’ …