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MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday it is now preparing to file election offense cases against suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.

In an interview, Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia said he would talk to their Law De…

BACOLOD CITY: Experts from the National Crop Protection Center of University of the Philippines-Los Baños (NCPC-UPLB) will be in Negros Occidental this week to help farmers contain the fall armyworm infestation in at least nine local government units….

BACOLOD CITY: Internationally acclaimed Negrense painter Nunelucio Alvarado has been nominated for the Order of National Artist by the City of Sagay in Negros Occidental, with broad support from the local art community and government units here.

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MANILA: The local stock barometer declined on Monday due to profit taking, while the peso moved sideways.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 13.14 points to 6,398.77 while the broader All Shares also declined by 7.19 points to 3,479.47.
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The northern province of Lang Son since 2022 has focused on developing an agritourism model in order to diversify the local tourism products and promote the tourism potentials of its bordering district of Dinh Lap. The province has selected tea hills…

MANILA: Fitch Solutions unit BMI said the Monetary Board (MB) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will likely lower key interest rates by 50 basis points (bps) by October this year.

In a report on Monday, BMI said the BSP will only start to redu…