2019 inflation settles at 3-year low of 2.5%

Ben O. de Vera 01/08/2020

Inflation rose by 2.5 percent year-on-year in December last year amid seasonal price increases during the Christmas holidays and the typhoons that jacked up food prices, the government reported Tuesday. For the entire 2019, headline inflation averaged…

Inflation eased to 2-year low of 2.4% in July

08/06/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Inflation further eased to 2.4 percent year-on-year in July mainly due to stable food prices, including declining retail prices of rice, the government reported Tuesday. The rate of increase in prices of basic commodities…

RP low cost carriers still face bright prospects

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Low cost carriers still face bright prospects, said Carmelo Arcilla, executive director of Civil Aeronautics Board. He said that the Philippines remains to be among the fastest growing passenger market in the world. According…

Pagasa: LPA may bring rains on Sinulog Grand Parade day

Morexette Marie Erram 01/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu will experience fair weather this Saturday, January 19, where Cebuanos will be expected to flock to the Cebu City ports to witness the fluvial procession of the images of Our Lady of…

North Korea running low on TB meds; experts fear epidemic

AP 11/16/2018

SEOUL, South Korea — The withdrawal of a major international aid organization threatens to leave tens of thousands of tuberculosis patients in North Korea without the medication they need and could spiral into a severe crisis if…

Low export sales despite weak peso worries Philexport exec

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/27/2018

Amid a continuing depreciation of the peso versus the dollar, the local exporting industry is supposedly seen to benefit. However, local business leaders have noted that despite the opportunity for exporting to flourish with the depreciation of…

Peso slides to 13-year low — the biggest drop in the region

Inquirer.net 09/06/2018

The peso dropped anew to its lowest level in almost 13 years as investors fled to dollar assets, spooked by the country’s record high inflation for August and aggravated by a broad emerging markets selldown around the…

Low-ranking officers to be assigned in drug enforcement units in Cebu City

Nestle L. Semilla 07/10/2018

  Policemen with ranks ranging from police officer 1 to police officer 2 shall be assigned to help operatives of drug enforcement units. Senior Supt. Royina Garma, director of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), made this…

Peso slips to 12-year low

Inquirer.net 06/13/2018

The peso fell to its weakest level in 12 years on Wednesday as traders digested dovish statements of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas officials that made financial markets uncertain about another interest rate hike next week to help…

Low water supply

Editorial 04/09/2018

With the summer season in full swing, it is the Metro Cebu consumers who will feel the full brunt of the water shortage warned of by the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) last week. In issuing the…

MCWD warns public: Brace for low water supply

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/27/2018

THE public will have to brace for low and interrupted water supply in Metro Cebu in the coming weeks. The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) announced that the volume of potable water produced will start to decline…

Low income earners decry scarcity of NFA rice

Jessa Mae Sotto 02/02/2018

FOR water vendor Nancy Panganiban, 52, a kilo of rice is barely enough to provide a solid meal for her family of eight. While she stays with her daughter’s family in Brgy. Pasil, Cebu City, she also…

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