CEBU CITY, June 4 (PNA) — The country’s Information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) industry is on track to meet its employment and revenue goal this year as it continues to strengthen its…
BPI Foundation launches business plan contest in Baguio
BAGUIO CITY, June 4 (PNA) — The Bank of the Philippine Islands Foundation (BPIF) will launch the BPI Sinag Challenge, a partnership with the Ateneo Center for Social Entrepreneurship (ACSEnt) in Baguio…
P3-B hotel to open before APEC meetings in Iloilo
ILOILO CITY, June 4 (PNA) -– The P3-billion Seda Atria hotel will be opened before the Asia Pacific and Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings here in Iloilo. “We are planning to open the…
Potato Corner eyes to reach 100 int’l stores in 2015
By Kris M. Crismundo MANILA, June 4 (PNA) — Homegrown brand Potato Corner targets to reach 100 stores in the global market by the end of this year, Potato Corner Chief Executive…
8990 Holdings to spend Php850-M on first medium-rise condo in Muntinlupa
By Leslie D. Venzon MANILA, June 4 (PNA) — Listed mass housing developer 8990 Holdings Inc. is spending Php850 million to fund the construction of its first medium-rise condominium complex near the…
Mactan airport projects 10-M arrivals in 2016
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu, June 4 (PNA) — The Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA), the country’s busiest airport outside Manila, has projected some 10 million arrivals in 2016, an official said. Mactan-Cebu International Airport…
Masbate acting governor hails town for excellent festival presentation
By Norman B. Tamar MASBATE CITY, June 4 (PNA) — Masbate officer-in-charge governor Vince B. Revil on Thursday commended San Pascual town for its good presentation of its recent Isla Rancho Festival,…
Cebu City mayor agrees to hike cops’ allowances
CEBU CITY, June 4 (PNA) — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has agreed to the City Council’s request to increase the monthly allowance of the police officials and personnel in the city….
CDO dad hails ‘on site relocation’ law for informal settlers
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 4 (PNA) – A lawmaker of the local legislative body here on Thursday hailed the approval of a law that requires an “on site relocation” of informal…
Salceda introduces Roxas to Albayanos as his man for 2016 election
By Connie B. Destura LEGAZPI CITY, June 4 (PNA) — “I choose him not because of the survey but because he is clean,” this was the statement of Governor Joey Sarte Salceda…
DOLE-12 opens hotline for concerns on workplace safety
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, June 3 (PNA) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 12 has opened a special hotline for concerns of local workers regarding occupational safety and health…
APEC organizers inspect Cebu hotels hosting 3,500 delegates
CEBU CITY, June 3 (PNA) — A team from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) national organizing council Wednesday inspected the hotels in Cebu that will accommodate the 3,500 delegates to the summit…
Albay town residents seek DENR probe on missing land portions
By Manilyn Ugalde LEGAZPI CITY, June 3 (PNA) -– A physician-couple who filed a graft complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against a councilor, a municipal assessor and an executive of…
DSWD, city gov’t break ground for core shelter program for dumpsite folks
DAGUPAN CITY, June 3 (PNA) -— At least 30 families living within the premises of the Dagupan dumpsite were assured of their own houses following a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for the…
US returns USD 1.4-M ‘ill-gotten’ gains of former PHL top military official
By Priam F. Nepomuceno MANILA, June 3 (PNA) — US Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg on Wednesday formally handed to Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales a check worth USD1,384,940.28 which represents the “ill-gotten” gains acquired…