P52-M QR fund ready as Negros Oriental declares state of calamity

DUMAGUETE CITY: The provincial government of Negros Oriental is about to release its PHP52 million in Quick Response Fund (QRF) after it placed the entire province in a state of calamity due to the effects of the El Niño phenomenon.

The provincial bo…

Poe urges transport officials to address ‘unresolved issues’ in PUVMP

MANILA: Senator Grace Poe on Monday urged transport officials to address ‘unresolved issues’ concerning the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) as transport and labor groups started a three-day nationwide protest against its implement…

House to enact needed legislation to support PBBM’s economic gains

MANILA: The leadership of the House of Representatives on Monday vowed to support the economic gains obtained by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. during the recent historic trilateral summit among the Philippines, United States, and Japan by enacting…

BIR holds Ease of Paying Taxes roadshow

MANILA: The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Monday conducted the Ease of Paying Taxes (EOPT) roadshow to educate taxpayers on the updates brought about by the EOPT Law on the country’s taxation system.

The EOPT roadshow Metro Manila Cluster, whic…

2 NPA militias yield in Surigao Sur

BUTUAN CITY: Two active Milisya ng Bayan members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) voluntarily surrendered to the Philippine Army’s Mobile Community Support Sustainment Team (MCSST) in Marihatag, Surigao del Sur, over the weekend.

In a report …

Metro Cebu commuters assured of transport amid strike

CEBU CITY: The Federation of Modern Jeepney Operators’ Cooperatives in Metro Cebu assured there would be no disruption of mass transportation on Tuesday amid the continuation of the transport strike.

Ellen Maghanoy, chair of the Federation of Cebu Tr…

Oil price rollback set Apr.30

MANILA: An oil price rollback on Tuesday will snap the six straight weeks of increase in gasoline prices.

This as Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, Seaoil and Shell announced Monday that they will cut gasoline prices by PHP0.25 per liter and anot…