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By Daryl Rose Virtudazo The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) inched up 0.1 percent in December 2015. Based on statistics released Thursday, the CMWPI dropped by 0.2 percent in November last year and by 0.1 percent in December 2014. Except for the indices of cement; reinforcing steel; and fuel and lubricants, all the …

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has improved in 2015 a total of 16 access roads leading to tourism spots in Region 1 under the DPWH-Department of Tourism (DOT) Convergence Program. 

Interior and Local Government Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento announced that a total of 26,367 slum dwelling families are set for relocation this year in line with the Aquino government’s commitment to provide safer and more decent homes for Metro Manila’s Informal Settler Families (ISF). 

The P59.81-million Poro Point baywalk and events center project inside the freeport zone in San Fernando, La Union, will have its soft opening on February 14. 

Two accomplished doctors who have since taken to photography and the artistic canvass are holding a joint exhibit of their works with all the proceeds to be donated to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Foundation. 

Guided by its vision to transform lives through affordable high quality education, Ayala-led APEC Schools announced that it is offering 3,500 seats for free to public school Grade 10 graduates entering senior high school. 

Aiming to help prepare the public for disasters, Cebuana Lhuillier will hold a disaster resilience forum on January 27 at the Makati Shangri-La. The event, called “2016 Ready: Disaster Resilience Forum – The Role of Microinsurance in Building Disaster-Resilient Communities,” was organized in observance of January as Microinsurance Month. 

The I AM S.A.M. (Shakers and Movers) Foundation Inc., in partnership with the Global Education Motivators (GEM)- USA, will be hosting the 2016 United Nations Student Leadership Conference on Development (UNSLCD) with the theme “Urban Development and the Sustainable Development Goals” on February 15, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 3:00 AM of February 16 at the University of Makati, Makati City.

Las Vegas—Imagine a smartphone that can keep on working for days without a recharge, and when it does need one, it can be recharged in half an hour for another full day’s use.

Las Vegas—Japanese camera manufacturer Nikon Corp. introduced three new cameras for 2016 during the four-day Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held here recently.