Cebu City DMDP wins National Best Public Employment Service Office

Irene R. Sino Cruz 10/10/2019

CEBU CITY—The Cebu City Department of Manpower Development and Placement (DMDP) has been adjudged as this year’s National Best Public Employment Service Office (PESO). According to a press statement from the Department of Labor and Employment in…

Bathan: Mandaue PESO to assist displaced Big Hotel workers

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Phillippines—Amid Big Hotel’s announcement to close down in the next three months, the Mandaue city government assured that it would assist the about 300 hotel employees who might be rendered jobless by the shutdown. Lawyer…

Dole-7 urges LGUs’ Peso to help identify skilled workers in their areas

Irene R. Sino Cruz 02/15/2019

CEBU CITY—The Department of Labor and Employment and Employment (Dole-7) urges the Public Employment Service Office (Peso) in various local government units (LGUs) to help address the lack of skilled workers by identifying the available manpower base…

BSP eases dollar hedging rules amid persistent peso weakness

Inquirer.net 10/03/2018

  BANK regulators have finalized the relaxed rules for its dollar hedging facility meant to encourage more financial institutions to use it and consequently ease the selling pressure on the peso. In a press statement, the Bangko…

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…

DOLE-7 offers emergency employment assistance to Naga landslide survivors

Jessa Sotto 09/27/2018

The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) is offering emergency employment to families affected by the landslide in Naga City, Cebu. DOLE-7 Director Johnson Cañete said they will conduct profiling of landslide victims and…

Cebu biz leaders to gov’t: Address weakening peso

Delta Dyrecka Letigio USJ-R Journalism Intern 09/20/2018

The government should address the weakening peso which has dropped past P54 against the US dollar level and has affected businesses in the country including that of Cebu. Antonio Chiu, Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI)…

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…

Peso 2nd worst Asian currency as of June ’18

Inquirer.net 07/01/2018

The Philippine peso was the second worst performing currency among emerging economies in the region during the first half, but the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Friday that sound macro fundamentals would rein in the exchange…

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…

‘Turn peso net to net cafe’

Norman V. Mendoza 05/29/2018

OPERATORS of peso net businesses in Lapu-Lapu City are encouraged to convert these into an internet cafe business. Mayor Paz Radaza made this call on Tuesday as she promised to close peso net businesses in the city…

BSP sees October inflation at 3.2–3.7 percent

Inquirer.net 10/30/2017

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Monday said it expects inflation in October within the range of 3.2–3.7 percent to possibly hit an almost three-year high. Citing the projection of its Department of Economic Research, the BSP…

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