House panel OKs gov’t workers’ pay hike by 2020; urgent passage sought

Patricia Ann V. Roxas - Inquirer.net 12/16/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The House appropriations committee swiftly approved on Monday the consolidated bill increasing the salary of government employees by 2020. The panel will seek the certification as urgent of House Bill No. 5712 from the…

Teachers’ Cost of Living Allowance from Cebu City may return in 2020

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Teachers in Cebu City will have something to look forward to in the New Year as the city government plans to bring back the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) for teachers in 2020. The COLA…

New group to handle Miss Universe Philippines

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/09/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines—The Miss Universe franchise in the Philippines will be handled by the Miss Universe Philippines Organization, a new group that is independent from Binibining Pilipinas Charities Inc. (BPCI).  For more than 50 years, BPCI…

P12 B Capitol budget awaits Gwen’s signature

Rosalie Abatayo 12/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government’s P12 billion budget for 2020 is now awaiting the signature of Governor Gwendolyn Garcia. The allocation, which is so far biggest in the Capitol’s 450-year history, was passed during…

PADS dragonboat team aims to make history again

Mars G. Alison 11/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu’s Philippine Accessible Disability Services Inc. (PADS) Dragonboat Racing Team is setting its sights on another world title.  This time, PADS will be competing in the 12th IDBF Dragon Boat Club Crew World Championships 2020,…

GMCAC to start construction of hotel complex in 2020

Irene R. Sino Cruz 11/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–The GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. will already start construction of its hotel complex beside the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA). GMCAC President Louie Ferrer told CDN Digital that they have scheduled the groundbreaking for…

Cebu City’s DPS to buy 1K garbage bins in 2020

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Department of Public Services (DPS) is planning to purchase of 1,000 trash bins next year for deployment along the national highways and city streets. Engineer Joel Biton, DPS head, is…

House panel OKs postponement of 2020 barangay, SK polls

Pathricia Ann Roxas - Inquirer.net 09/24/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The House committee on suffrage and electoral reforms approved Tuesday bills postponing the 2020 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to the second Monday of May 2023. Committee chair and Negros Occidental 4th District…

Overseas Filipino Bank to become first digital lender in PH by 2020

08/13/2019

MANILA, Philippines – The government plans to convert the Overseas Filipino (OF) Bank into the country’s first digital lender by mid-2020 to serve 10 million Filipinos living and working overseas. “We’re working to transform it into a…

Duterte approves P4.1 trillion 2020 national budget

08/06/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night approved the P4.1 trillion national budget for 2020. “We wish to inform the public that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, together with the members of the Cabinet, approved tonight…

Duterte calls on Congress: Postpone barangay polls from 2020 to 2022

Inquirer.net 07/22/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte called on Congress to postpone the May 2020 Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan elections. “Congress has to postpone the Barangay and SK elections to 2022,” he said in his fourth State of…

Director John Krasinski shows glimpse of A Quiet Place sequel

Raul Constantine Tabanao 07/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Everybody, shhhh! Two years since the success of the 2018 blockbuster horror movie, a new sequel of the film, A Quiet Place, is expected to haunt the movie theaters in 2020. A Quiet…

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