MANILA: Fitch Solutions’ unit BMI has forecast that tourist arrivals in the Philippines next year may exceed the 8.2 million visitors before the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a commentary released Monday, BMI projected a 32.6-percent increase in tourist arri…
DUMAGUETE CITY: The city government of this Negros Oriental capital is constructing a seawall wave deflector on Rizal Boulevard here to prevent erosion and destruction of the current walkway.
Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo said Monday the PHP54-million…
MANILA: In line with the continuing effort to support the peace and development agenda of the Marcos administration, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 12 (DSWD-Soccsksargen) is conducting validation and profiling of qualifi…
BACOLOD CITY: The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) recorded 3,421 heads of various animals in two localities in Negros Occidental affected following the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon on June 3.
Of the number, 3,210 were poultry or chicken in the cities o…
MALASIQUI: The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is now assessing projects submitted for the PHP11.24 billion (USD209 million) World Bank (WB)-funded Philippine Fisheries and Coastal Residency (FishCoRe) project, eyed to enhance ecosyst…
BACOLOD CITY: The Negros Occidental Provincial Power Sector Study Group (PPS-SG) has worked with the Department of Energy (DOE) in finalizing the framework for the Provincial Energy Development Roadmap.
‘The framework will now be fleshed out to refle…
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday reassured that government preparations for the incoming La Niña are in full swing to cushion the impacts of the weather phenomenon on rice production.
DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. made the…