OTC assures jobs for drivers affected by PUV consolidation

MANILA: Public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers who may lose their jobs due to their operators failing to consolidate before the Dec. 31 deadline are encouraged to join transport cooperatives and corporations.

Office of Transport Cooperatives (OTC) chai…

Influenza cases in Pangasinan up by 66% in 2023

Pangasinan: The Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 3,592 cases of influenza in 2023, which is 66 percent higher than the 2,158 cases in 2022.

The peak in the number of cases was noted from September to December due to the change in we…

BSP to impose check clearing, settlement reforms

MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has issued amendments to the regulations on the return of banks’ bounced checks, and on the rollout of the Intraday Settlement Facility (ISF).

The BSP issued the circular containing the amendments to the …

Local stock market up as inflation further eases, peso ends sideways

MANILA: The local stock market ended the last trading day of the week above the 6,600 level, boosted by the better-than-expected December 2023 inflation data, while the peso moved sideways.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) and All Shares bo…

PUV consolidation reaches 76% nationwide: LTFRB

MANILA: An estimated 76 percent of all active public utility vehicles (PUVs) are now operated by cooperatives and corporations or are owned by operators who have applied for consolidation before the Dec. 31 deadline.

In a press conference at the Land…

Ilongo solons push for Panay power outage probe

ILOILO: Representatives from various congressional districts in Western Visayas are calling for an investigation-in-aid of legislation on the power outage that plunged Panay and Guimaras into darkness and also affected portions of Negros Occidental.

TESDA offers scholarships on modern rice farming

LAOAG: The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) here is offering new scholarship grants on modern rice farming, meant to help boost farmers’ income.

In an interview Friday, TESDA provincial director Socorro Galanto cited the n…