ACCOUNT OPENING. Vendors at the Iloilo Terminal Market open an account for the cashless payment option on Feb.27, 2023. The Paleng-QR PH, an initiative of the Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas and the Department of the Interior and Local Government that promotes cashless payment, will be officially launched in Iloilo City once its enabling ordinance is enacted.(Photo courtesy of Local Economic Enterprise Office FB page) ILOILO CITY - Transactions in Iloilo City's public markets will soon be safe, faster and convenient with the introduction of the Paleng-QR PH, a cashless payment option, starting at the Iloilo Terminal Market. Local Economic Enterprise Office (LEEO) head Maricel Mabaquaio, in an interview on Wednesday, said the Paleng-QR PH is an initiative of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Department of the Interior and Local Government that promotes cashless payment and helps accelerate financial inclusion. "This is cashless payment transaction option when buying at our pu
UP FOR EXPANSION. The Antique Airport in Barangay Funda-Dalipe in San Jose de Buenavista in this undated photo. The lone airport in Antique will undergo expansion calling for the relocation of a school that is near the airport runway.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Department of Education (DepEd) will relocate the Salazar Elementary School (SES) in Barangay Funda-Dalipe in San Jose de Buenavista to pave the way for the rehabilitation of the Antique Airport. "Mayor Elmer Untaran has already informed us that they have found a new site for the relocation of the SES still within the barangay," said DepEd Schools Division of Antique Engineer Rex Galero said in an interview Wednesday. Galero added that they are coordinating with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the local government unit (LGU) of San Jose de Buenavista for the relocation. The budget for the procurement of the new school site and its construction is already i
GRADUATION. The graduates of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the Municipality of Bugasong in Antique province during their graduation rites on Jan. 24, 2023. Marian Dumana, Social Welfare Officer 2 of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, said on Wednesday (Jan. 25) the province has a total of 3,341 household graduates from the program this January.(Photo courtesy of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - A total of 1,225 household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from five municipalities in Antique province have exited the program intended for the poorest of the poor. DSWD 4Ps Social Welfare Officer 2 Marian Dumana, in an interview on Wednesday, said graduation ceremonies were conducted for 361 beneficiaries from the towns of Hamtic, 280 from Bugasong, 339 from Patnongon, 139 from Belison and 106 from Barbaza on Jan. 24 and Jan. 25. "The 1,225 household beneficiaries that have alrea
SALT INDUSTRY. Salt packed in transparent plastics being sold at the Sibalom Public Market. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Antique Provincial Director Richard Cordero said on Wednesday (Jan. 18, 2023) they will be providing 45 individuals and a group in the province of Antique with solar salt materials to increase their production.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will provide PHP3.69 million worth of equipment to 45 individuals and a fisherfolk group to boost the salt industry in the province. BFAR Antique Provincial Director Richard Cordero said, in an interview on Wednesday, they are now in the process of social preparation and conducting capacity building for the recipients of the equipment to make solar salts such as water pump, drums, and polyethylene plastic that will be released either in February or March this year. "The identified individual beneficiaries will com
LEGAZPI CITY - The Business Permit Licensing Office (BPLO) here has so far recorded a total of 5,915 business establishments that registered with their office to either start or continue their operations since January this year. During the same period in 2021, there were 5,200 establishments registered, which showed an increase of 13.75 percent. The increase despite the Covid-19 pandemic is attributed to the gradually improving business operations in the city and the full operations of the city's Electronic Business One Stop Shop or E-BOSS. Asuncion Calleja, BPLO chief, in an interview on Wednesday, said out of the total number of fully-registered businesses, 715 were new while the rest have continued their operations from the previous year. She said all the business owners and their representatives can easily get their permits through the E-BOSS, an electronic system wherein the BPLO is interconnected with all the regulatory offices that are involved in business licensing. "T