Davao City Tourism Office chief and Airport Monitoring head Generose Tecson (PNA file photo) DAVAO CITY - Despite the challenges brought by the ongoing pandemic especially on air travel, this city has received a total of 3,842 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from various countries since July, an official from the city government said Monday. In an interview, Generose Tecson, city tourism office chief and airport monitoring head, told the Philippine News Agency that of the total number of OFWs, 52 tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) but have recovered from the virus. "We no longer have passengers left in our isolation hotels. They are all sent home already," she added. As to schedules of more repatriation flights, Tecson said they are still waiting for notifications from the One-Stop-Shop in Manila and the airline companies. "We did not halt the acceptance of flights," she said, adding that there is an ongoing challenge in getting per
National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon MANILA - The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) partially awarded the seven-year Treasury bond (T-bond) during an auction on Tuesday after investors asked for high yields. The average rate of the paper rose to 4.207 percent from 3.826 percent previously. The BTr offered the debt paper for PHP35 billion and tenders amounted to PHP52.789 billion. The auction committee accepted PHP15.578 billion worth of bids. In a Viber message to journalists, National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon said the auction committee made a partial award as rates significantly moved following September inflation print of 4.8 percent. "While lower than Aug(ust) and market forecast, inflation (is) much higher than (the) high end of BSP (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) target," she said, adding that BTr did not open the tap facility during the day. The inflation rate last September slowed from month-ago's 4.9 percent, which is the fastest since January 2019. Last month's infla