REUTERSTHE BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has launched the Paleng-QR Plus program in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga.In a statement, the central bank said that the city rolled out the program after passing an ordinance in March promoting digital payments.This would encourage digital payment

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOTHE DEPARTMENT of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported Thursday the completion of three road improvement projects worth over P80 million.Two of these construction works are farm-to-market road projects in Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur that “a more convenient and cost-effective way to transport

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOCOTABATO CITY — Anti-narcotics agents seized P6.8 million worth of “shabu” from two men and a woman entrapped in Barangay Cabingan in Marawi City on Wednesday, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Bangsamoro region reported Thursday.PDEA-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

THE COMMISSION on Audit (CoA) has flagged the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) over its unrecorded inventories worth P1.2 billion, resulting in inconsistencies in its financial statements.In a Viber message to BusinessWorld, PhilMech Director Dionisio G. Alvindia said: “PhilMech’s accounting department has

BAGUIO CITY — The Diocese of Baguio declared on Thursday that men roaming the city and parts of Benguet province in white robes or cassocks while seeking donations for the church are not in any way connected with the Roman Catholic Church.The diocese said its

THE GOVERNMENT should look to increase the Philippine Carabao Center’s (PCC) budget to revive the domestic dairy industry post-El Niño season, a congressman said Thursday.Increasing the country’s dairy production output and further developing the industry requires a budget increase for the National Dairy Authority (NDA)

THE CLARK International Airport is located within the Clark Freeport Zone, about 96 kilometers north of the capital. — LIPAD PHOTOPrivate funding through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) have contributed to speeding up aviation projects across the country, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said

The importance of maintaining cooperation, dialogue, and peace was emphasized by Solicitor General Mernardo Guevarra in his speech at the opening ceremony of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Coast Guard Forum last Wednesday.  “ASEAN’s approach to consensus-building and mutual respect for each other’s processes