The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is accelerating its initiatives to increase awareness and promote proper understanding of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) as well as the country’s various free trade agreements (FTAs) and…
Philippine Business News – Philippine economy posts 6.4%…
PHILIPPINE BUSINESS NEWS, MANILA — The Philippine economy expanded by 6.4% in the second quarter of 2014, officials revealed on Thursday, restoring hopes that the growth target of 6.5 to 7.5% for the full year,…
Southern Leyte News – P3B Agas-Agas Bridge needs…
SOUTHERN LEYTE NEWS -- The grounds near the foundations of piers 1 and 2 of the Agas-agas Bridge have reportedly been weathered and have become craggy, so that funding anew for the bridge’s ‘maintenance’ is…
Ormoc News – 802nd Infantry Brigade meets security…
ORMOC NEWS (CAMP DOWNES) - The Philippine Armys 802nd Infantry (Peerless) Brigade here under the command of Col. Dinoh Dolina took the lead in meeting members of the Leyte Corporate Security Alliance or LCSA in the…
Tabontabon Leyte News – DepEd workers get ‘Education…
TABONTABON LEYTE NEWS -- At least fifty-five teachers and administrative non-teaching personnel of the Department of Education from Tabontabon town began a three-day education in emergencies and disaster risk reduction training today. The training is…
EV Business News – Eastern Visayas conducts ICT…
EV BUSINESS NEWS -- In media partnership with the Visayan Business Post, the Eastern Visayas Federation for Information Technology (EVFIT) announces the 2014 Eastern Visayas ICT Expo scheduled on August 28-29, 2014 at the Saint…
Tacloban Business News – SM Savemore to open…
TACLOBAN BUSINESS NEWS -- SM Primeholdings, Inc. which is developing a key property along Justice Romualdez Street in downtown Tacloban is set to open a Savemore store in this city in November 2014. Savemore Tacloban…
Calbayog City News – Calbayog diversion road declared…
CALBAYOG CITY NEWS –– Residents of Calbayog City in Western Samar are hoping that the recent conversion of the Calbayog diversion road into a national road will finally pave the way for it to be…
Philippine News – Aquino seeks a second term
PHILIPPINE NEWS, MANILA -- President Benigno Aquino III has said he may seek to change the 27-year old Philippines constitution and serve a second term in office. The constitution restricts presidents to a single term…