Cebu governor says DILG should have helped towns to clear roads instead of merely assessing

Rosalie Abatayo 10/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has expressed disappointment with the rating system of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for road clearing efforts of towns and cities. “Wa ko mobilib anang rating nila.…

Duterte on record-high rating: Just doing my job

07/09/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday downplayed his new record-high net satisfaction rating, saying he was just doing his job. The President received a net satisfaction rating of +68 in a survey conducted from June…

Labor regional director: Monitor placement rates of senior high school graduates

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Regional Director Salome Siaton of the Department of Labor and Employment cites the need to check the effectiveness of the K-12 program by monitoring the placement rate of senior high graduates. Siaton urged the Labor…

Puyat: RP tourism arrival growth rate higher than global average rate

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The Philippines registered a higher tourist arrivals growth when compared to global average growth rate, said Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat. Puyat, who delivered the welcome remarks on the first day of Routes Asia 2019…

Inflation rate down, is it okay now?

Fernando Fajardo 12/06/2018

When interest rate goes up, expect investments, including the interest rate sensitive consumption expenditures, to fall. The government placed the country’s inflation rate last month at 6.0 percent. It is actually lower in Metro Manila at 5.8…

Man arrested for selling drugs on social media

Nestle L. Semilla 11/27/2018

A resident of Barangay Sambag 2 in Cebu City has resorted to use of social media for his illegal drugs business. Abellana Police arrested early on Tuesday morning a certain John Angel Bantilo, 21, who uses the…

CCCI opposes councilo’s proposal to impose a flat rate of 1.5% on business taxes

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/17/2018

The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) opposed the proposal of the Cebu City Council to impose a flat rate of 1.5% on business taxes. In a statement sent to the legislators, CCCI President Antonio Chiu…

Interest rate, the economy, and you and me

Fernando Fajardo 09/27/2018

When the economy is overheating or operating above the country’s normal capacity to produce, inflation will follow. So the interest rate is going up now. What is interest rate? Very simply, it is the price we pay…

Soaring inflation rate hurting LGUs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio and Jessa Marie Sotto 09/06/2018

THE surge in prices due to high inflation has now affected the delivery of basic services of the different local government units (LGUs) in the province. The present inflation rate of 6.4 percent is the highest in…

Employment rate in July at 94.6%

Inquirer.net 09/05/2018

10-YEAR-HIGH More Filipinos gained jobs in July as the employment rate inched up to a 10-year high of 94.6 percent, the government reported on Wednesday. The Philippine Statistics Authority’s July 2018 Labor Force Survey showed that the…

CRIME RATE DOWN BY 11%

Jessa Mae O. Sotto and Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/29/2018

Despite the unsolved killings, police records show that the crime rate in Cebu province went down by 11 percent for the first half of 2018 compared to the same period last year. A report released by the…

Fuel subsidy and fare rate hikes

Editorial 08/16/2018

With the scheduled issuance of cash cards for passenger jeepney operators in Cebu this month under the government’s Pantawid Pasada program — if they haven’t received them yet as of this writing — one has to ask…

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