BPO firm’s workforce expansion to benefit Ilonggos

ILOILO CITY: A business process outsourcing (BPO) firm specializing in contact center and clinical nurse operations announced on Friday its plan to expand its workforce in Iloilo City, providing more job opportunities for Ilonggos.

‘We have 40 percen…

RTU, De La Salle, PhilSCA rule ROTC Games-Luzon

MANILA: Rizal Technological University-Mandaluyong collected 42 gold, 18 silver and seven bronze medals to rule the Philippine Army division of the Philippine Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games Luzon leg in Indang, Cavite on Saturday.

Most…

PH U-16 girls reach Norway football semifinals

DUMAGUETE CITY: The Under-16 girls’ football team of the Leyte Association of Organized Sports Football Club (Laos FC) missed the finals but won hearts in the ongoing Norway Cup in Oslo.

Norway team Alta IF dashed the Filipino girls’ finals hope on A…

Gov’t to use ‘Mindoro template’ for Bataan oil spill damage claims

MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) said the government will make sure that people affected by the oil spill caused by three separate maritime incidents in Bataan province are compensated.

Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez on Saturday said the …

Djokovic, Alcaraz dispute Olympics men’s singles gold

ANKARA:Serbian tennis legend Novak Djokovic will face Carlos Alcaraz from Spain in the men’s singles tennis final at the 2024 Paris Olympics after advancing Friday.

Djokovic beat Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-2, while Alcaraz eliminated Canadian Fel…

Prices of premium rice drop in NegOr; regular, well-milled unchanged

DUMAGUETE CITY: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Oriental said on Saturday that prices of premium rice dropped slightly, while regular and well-milled rice remained unchanged in the province.

DTI-Negros Oriental Director Nimfa Vir…

DBM orders swift issuance of guidelines for gov’t pay hike

MANILA: Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Saturday ordered the swift issuance of guidelines for the salary adjustments of government workers.

This was after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday signed Executive Order (EO) 64, which grants…