CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Homegrown NVM Mall in Valencia City, Bukidnon, will become the first shopping center in the province to have a solar energy system installed on its rooftop. In a public disclosure Tuesday, NVM said the installation of its 100-kilowatt solar-power rooftop is slated for completion in June 2019 and full commissioning and […]
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Duterte signs law regulating occupational therapy practice in PH
DAVAO CITY (March 20)—-MPresident Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed into law a measure regulating the registration, licensure, and practice of occupational therapy (OT) in the country. Duterte signed Republic Act 11241 or the “The Philippine Occupational Therapy Law of 2018” on March 11 but a copy of which was released to media on Tuesday. “The […]
SEC makes cease and desist order vs. KAPA permanent
DAVAO CITY (March 19)— The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an order to permanently prohibit Kapa-Community Ministry International, Inc. (KAPA) from soliciting investments from the public without the necessary license. In a press statement, the SEC disclosed that the Commission En Banc approved a resolution dated March 14, declaring the cease and desist […]
Rebels attack Bukidnon pineapple plantation
MALAYBALAY CITY–New People’s Army (NPA) rebels attacked a pineapple plantation in the Bukidnon town of Don Carlos and burned a harvesting equipment on Thursday, the Army said. In a statement released by the Army’s 403rd Brigade on Friday, an unspecified number of armed men raided the plantation area of Davao Agriculture Ventures Company Inc. (DAVCO) […]
Plane from Taiwan went off Kalibo International airport runway
DAVAO CITY (March 14) — The Far Eastern Air flight FE321 carrying 122 passengers from Taiwan went off at runway 05 Kalibo International Airport in Kalibo, Aklan on Wednesday night. The airport is the gateway to world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town. No one was hurt but the airport operation was suspended for hours. In […]
Gasoline price hike set Tuesday
Another round of fuel price increase will take effect Tuesday following changes in the world crude prices. Local oil firms, Petron Corporation, Pilipinas Shell and PTT Philippines announced that it will increase prices of gasoline by P0.90 per liter effective 6 am of March 12. However, no change is the prices of diesel this time. […]
300 Cebu hotel workers to lose jobs
CEBU – About 300 workers of Big Hotel, a three-start hotel in Mandaue City, Cebu, may lose their jobs after the hotel management decided to close the hotel instead of entering a new lease agreement with the City Government. The Mandaue City government earlier ordered the closure of the hotel for their failure to secure […]
Duterte calls on BIMP-EAGA member countries to unite and face economic and security concerns
DAVAO CITY (February 20) –– President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, February 19, called on its neighboring countries to unite to overcome economic slowdown and security challenges in the region. “We have to band together. The world is changing, including the economy. It could go either bad or very bad or it could go well… and […]
Duterte signs law allowing cellphone numbers “forever”
DAVAO CITY (February 20) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that will allow mobile users to keep their numbers “forever”, even if they switched to other service providers. As it is now, numbers are locked to specific service providers. With the new law, Telecommunications companies should allow subscribers to keep their numbers “completely […]
Mislatel expected to start ops after May election: DICT
MANILA — The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it expects Mislatel Consortium to commence operations after the midterm elections, as both the House of Representatives and Senate still need to reconcile provisions of their respective versions of the resolution approving its franchise. DICT Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. said the department must wait […]
P24-B project for conflict-affected areas in Mindanao
DAVAO CITY (February 11) — The Philippine and Japanese governments on Sunday signed an exchange-of-notes for the construction of 150 kilometers of roads and 40 bridges worth PHP24 billion under the Road Network Development Project in Conflict-Affected Areas in Mindanao. In a ceremony held at Marco Polo Hotel here, Department of Foreign (DFA) Affairs Secretary […]
Cebu farmers embrace new technologies to improve production
CEBU CITY — Farmers in the canyoneering town of Badian, Cebu proved to the whole world they can also become astute in learning new ways of tilling their land, thanks to the Department of Agriculture’s determination to infuse new technology in Cebu’s farmlands. Judilyn Catacutan, a farmer of Banhigan, Badian, loved the usual and traditional method […]
Davao Region posted P17.2-B investment in 2018
DAVAO CITY — Davao Region has captured a total of PHP17.2 billion investments in 2018, with the Davao City Water Bulk Project of the Apo Agua Infrastructura Inc. as the single biggest project recorded by the Board of Investments (BOI) last year. Ma. Lourdes Lim, director of the National Economic Development Authority in Region 11 (NEDA-11), […]