Provincial News

Enough supply of ‘noche buena’ products in Iloilo assured

ILOILO CITY -- A few days before Christmas, there is still enough supply of "noche buena" products in Iloilo, trade and industry provincial director Diosdado Cadena assured on Thursday. He said "noche buena"...

6 Ilocos Norte schools ink partnership with giant food chains

LAOAG CITY — At least six secondary schools in Ilocos Norte offering elective subjects on food and beverage, bread and pastry making and cookery have entered into a memorandum of agreement...

Opening of TPLEX-Pozorrubio exit good for Northern Luzon tourism

BAGUIO CITY -- The opening of the Pozorrubio exit of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union expressway (TPLEX) would further boost tourism in Baguio and the rest of northern Luzon, the Department of Tourism...

BIR files tax raps vs Olongapo hospital, contractor

MANILA -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed separate tax evasion complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against a hospital in Olangapo City and contractor from Pampanga for their failure...

Baguio expects 1.4-M tourist arrivals by end of 2017

BAGUIO CITY -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) in the Cordillera Administrative Region said Thursday Baguio could reach the 1.4-million tourist arrival mark by the end of December. Marie Venus Tan, DOT...

Hike in NegOcc high-value crop production pushed

BACOLOD CITY -- Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. is pushing for more production of high-value crops (HVC) given its growing market potential amid the challenges faced by the sugar industry. Speaking at...

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