MANILA – The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) joined the Philippine Investment Promotion Plan (PIPP) Steering Committee tasked to further develop and harmonize investment promotion plans of freeports and ecozones in the country. This was disclosed by AFAB Chairman and Administrator Deogracias G.P. Custodio in a statement released here on Wednesday. He […]
GERONA’S multi-colored float was adjudged as best while the Ylang-Ylang producing municipality of Anao won the street dancing competition in the grand parade held last May 25 in commemoration of Tarlac’s 139th Araw ng Lalawigan. The parade, an integral part of the annual foundation anniversary of the province, was participated in by national government agencies, […]
NORZAGARAY, Bulacan—Matapos ang mahigit 42-taong operasyon ng Angat Dam, inihayag ng National Power Corporation (Napocor) ang plano na buksan ito sa turismo sa susunod na taon. Ang pagbubukas na ito ay tatampukan ng isang kilometrong zipline at iba pang atraksyong tulad ng bungee jumping, mounting trekking, bird watching at boating. Ayon kay Inhinyero Rodolfo German […]
THE Central bank decided on Thursday to maintain its key policy rates at current levels, owing to manageable inflation and better-than-expected first quarter economic growth. In the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Monetary Board Meeting, central bank governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said that key policy rates for overnight borrowing or reverse repurchase (RRP) facility stayed […]
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Thursday received Japan’s richest businessman Tadashi Yanai in Malacañang. Yanai, founder and president of Fast Retailing Co. Ltd, is currently in the country for the opening of the first Uniqlo store at the SM Mall of Asia on Friday. Yanai was accompanied by wife Teruyo; Naoki Otoma, Fast Retailing Co., […]
MANILA — A member of the House of Representatives called the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday to give priority to poor provinces and regions in the allocation of the 2013 national budget. Eastern Samar Representative Ben Evardone said the decision of the DBM to increase next year’s budget to reach P2 trillion […]
MANILA — Malacañang defended on Thursday former President Fidel Ramos who is being tagged in the supposed plot to oust President Benigno Aquino III. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said it is “unfair” to link the former President to the Oust Penoy Movement (OPM) due to his association with the group’s spokesperson. “It is unfair […]
ANGELES CITY — Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan is optimistic that the Museo Ning Angeles would become the benchmark of other soon-to-be declared national cultural properties of the Philippines by the National Museum. Officials of the National Museum of the Philippines led the unveiling of a marker declaring the Museo ning Angeles as an “Important Cultural Property […]
ANGELES CITY – The City Government will now work full time in the creation and establishment of a heritage district in this city, a top official said. This development came after the Museo ning Angeles was recently declared as an important cultural property and was turned-over to the National Museum of the Philippines. Vice Mayor […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Archbishop Paciano Aniceto led dignitaries, government officials, multi-sectoral representatives and guests in a toast during the City of San Fernando’s 114th Independence Banquet or Vin De Honor at Heroes Hall on Tuesday. “Real freedom must be based on truth and not mere political considerations,” said Aniceto. “Freedom and independence are […]