ADB to provide grant to PH banks for digital transformation

Nine rural banks and a bank consortium in the Philippines will receive grants from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) amounting to USD655,000 to implement digital transformation solutions to better service underserved and unbanked sectors.

In a statem…

PSA-Negros begins nat’l ID registration for kids below 5 years old

DUMAGUETE CITY: – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Negros Oriental has already started its registration of children below five years old for the national identification program, an official said Monday.

Engr. Ariel Fortuito, chief Statist…

DOH cautions public anew vs. online fake endorsements

The Department of Health on Monday warned the public anew against online advertisements of commercial products, including milk and other supplements, claiming to be endorsed by the department.

In a statement, the agency reiterated that the endorseme…

La Trinidad breaches pre-pandemic tourist arrival numbers

LA TRINIDAD: The municipal tourism office of this capital town said they received 750,000 tourists last year, breaching the pre-pandemic arrivals in 2019.

‘We have an estimated 750,000 tourists arrival in 2023 and we are happy that we get to benefit …

2 die in La Paz fire

Two persons died in a fire that hit a residential and six boarding houses Sunday afternoon in Barangay San Nicolas in La Paz district, leaving 173 others homeless.

The fire that started at 4:15 p.m. gutted seven houses, the Bureau of Fire Protection…

Sandiganbayan OKs ex-LTFRB exec’s bid for ‘particulars’ in graft raps

MANILA: The Sandiganbayan has granted a motion for bill of particulars filed by former Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) executive director Samuel Jardin, in connection with the graft complaint against him arising from alleg…

Hefty oil price hike set Feb. 20

Big-time oil price hikes will greet consumers on Tuesday morning as companies will increase pump prices by more than PHP1 per liter.

In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, PTT, Seaoil and Shell said they will hike gasoline pri…