Eastern Visayas has presented a mixed bag of labor market indicators in July 2024, showing improvements in several areas while trailing behind some national averages.

Labor stats increased by 2% says PSA

With the deadline for all POGOs to disappear from the country nearing, operators of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations are reinventing their businesses in the country to ensure their continued operations here.


Are POGOs reinventing themselves?

A consumer’s group has assailed a resolution of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) establishing its methodology for calculating power rates, saying that this new system has already inflicted a burden on consumers. 

NASECORE: ERC’s new ‘pricing system’ puts burden on consumers

At 6:00 tonight, November 22, all roads lead to the Grand Duchess Hotel, the former Great Eastern Hotel, along Quezon Avenue in Quezon City.


April Boy Regino biopic premieres with luminaries

A prescription by one of the largest farm groups in the country for government to first check the disconnect between farmgate and retail prices of agricultural products is, by far, the most practical, realistic and intelligent voice I heard these days since my experience yesterday buying onions from a non-trader but whose relative in Nueva Ecija asked them to sell at the street side of Tandang Sora showed a disparity of more than half compared to retail prices in the wet market.

Check disconnect in farmgate, retail prices

Music to importers’ ears

What importers are eagerly awaiting is for the Department of Agriculture (DA) to announce that it is looking at allowing the importation of a “small quantity’ of vegetables, which it just did,  and this is good music to their ears.

DA eyes imports of ‘small’ volume of veggies

Sony Music Entertainment Philippines, in collaboration with Justin of SB19, have teamed up with Rise Against Hunger Philippines (RAHP) to provide aid to impoverished communities in Manila affected by the recent typhoon and economic challenges.

SB19’s Justin, Sony join campaign vs. hunger

Poultry farmers in Leyte can now be assured that their farms are safe from the threat of avian influenza, more commonly known as “bird flu.”

Leyte now bird flu-free

Catbalogan City, Samar — On November 11, 2024, community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, one of the "Tacloban 5" imprisoned, was allowed to testify for the first time after nearly four years in custody. Her presence before Tacloban City's Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 45 Judge Georgina Perez is a turning point in a case that has drawn national attention.

Tacloban 5's Frenchie Mae Cumpio Appears in Court Following Four Years of Incarceration

Singapore-based company Vena Energy is set to invest a minimum of PHP19 billion to expand its wind energy initiatives in the Philippines, specifically at a 304-megawatt (MW) wind farm straddling the Northern Samar and Samar provinces. 

Vena Energy to Invest P19 B in Wind Farm Expansion in the Philippines

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