Oil firms will implement price adjustments on fuel products starting Jan. 17. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, Seaoil, and Shell said they will increase gasoline prices by PHP0.95 per liter and PHP0.50 per liter on diesel prices. On the other hand, Caltex, Seaoil, and Shell will cut kerosene prices by PHP0.15 per liter. Other oil companies are …
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) will build six cold storage facilities in four onion-producing regions starting this year in support of local farmers. Each facility with a capacity of 20,000 bags will cost up to PHP40 million and will rise in the Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon and Mimaropa regions. “Tayuan po ng mga storage facility nang sa gayon during peak season ng harvest, malagyan na. Hindi po …
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Over 20 million subscriber identity module (SIM) cards have so far been registered with the country’s major telecommunication companies, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) reported on Monday. In a statement, DICT Spokesperson, Undersecretary Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo, said a total of 20,551,294 or 12.16 percent of the 168,977,773 active mobile subscribers in the country have been registered …
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Less than 24 hours after leading Barangay Ginebra to the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup title in his last match as an import, Justin Brownlee swore his allegiance to the country on Monday. As a naturalized Filipino, the 34-year-old Brownlee can now suit up for the national team, starting with the sixth window of the FIBA World Cup Asian …
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The National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) seem to be playing sweet music together these days.. And why not? That is just what the doctors ordered for our beloved senior citizens. In a bid to unify and synchronize its programs and policies for the elderlies, the twin agencies held a two-day …
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After two successful consecutive launches in the Philippines in the last couple of years (online in December 2021 and on-site in April 2022 at the Cinematheque Manila of the Film Development Council of the Philippines), Filipino entertainment journalist Boy Villasanta signs on his maiden launch of a controversial book, this time, in the United States. Titled “SekSinema (Gender Images in …
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Whatever happened to drama and action star Edgar Mande? Where is he now? Edgar at the moment has settled in the US with wife Mona Fabie. Mande and Mona are expected to attend the in-person launch of the book “SekSinema (Gender Images in Philippine Sex Cinema Enfolding Pandemia)” in the US on January 14, 2023 at 2-5 pm at the …
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The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) wrapped-up 2022 with the opening of four (4) new Agri-Hubs located in the provinces of Oriental Mindoro, Bukidnon, Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental, expanding its physical touchpoints to better serve farmers and fishers in the country. The state-run bank established the four Agri-Hubs in the last week of December, which will provide combined …
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More than half of top-tier managers (62%) admit that a miscommunication with the IT department or IT security team has resulted in at least one cybersecurity incident in their organizations. In terms of personal attitudes, the majority of non-IT executives cited a diminished sense of cooperation between different teams (34%) and said this situation makes them question their colleagues’ skills …
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved effective December 28, 2022 the merger between AXA Philippines—one of the country’s leading insurance companies and a joint venture between the Metrobank Group, GT Capital, and the Paris-based AXA Group—and its former general insurance subsidiary Charter Ping An Insurance Corporation. The approved merger is the final step in the years-long process that began …
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