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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is now awaiting the approval of its regulator, the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), before it can implement its proposed 60-percent water tariff increase. If approved, the…
Government spending more than before, however, may also lead to much larger government deficits and to higher inflation rate. As reported yesterday by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 6.1…
The unconditional cash transfer (UCT) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already been distributed to 87.6 percent of the target beneficiaries. This was reported by Graeme Ferdinand Armecin, DSWD Planning Officer 4, in…
The overlaying of asphalt at the runway of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport is about 60 percent complete based on the latest ocular inspection on Tuesday dawn (September 11). Lawyer Steve Dicdican, airport’s general manager, said he expects…
There were errors in my article last week. This is the corrected version of the article which I overhauled as a whole in view of its importance in helping us gauge the real size of the economy…
Inflation jumped by 5.2 percent year-on-year in June, a new over five-year high, due to sustained elevated prices of food and “sin” products, the government reported Thursday. In a report, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said…
THE COMMISSION on Higher Education in Central Visayas (CHEd – 7) has approved an average of 12 percent tuition increase for first year level in some private higher education institutions (HEIs) in the region. CHEd-7 Director Dr.…
More and more people are locked behind bars as the government steps up its campaign against illegal drugs and other forms of criminality. Jail Chief Supt. Arnold Buenacosa, director of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology…
2018 National DQ Impact Report The 2018 National DQ Impact Report, a collaborative work among DQ Institute, Globe and the Department of Education (DepEd), involved 3,819 primary public and private school students. The study profiled the students’…
THE PHILIPPINE Sports Commission (PSC) is in full swing with its preparations for the Philippine National Games (PNG) that will be held in Cebu from May 19 to 25. According to PSC Visayas executive director Boobi Kintanar,…
Motorists are advised to avoid F. Llamas street starting tomorrow, Thursday to pave way for the start of phase 3 of the N. Bacalso underpass project which aims to ease traffic. Engr. Roy Dela Cruz, the project…
The Augustinian fathers of the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño are on the final stretch of preparations for the Fiesta Señor 2018 which is expected to draw at least a million people from different parts of…
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