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MANILA - Normalization of domestic liquidity after the Christmas holidays continues to drive demand for the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) 28-day Bills, which posted another interest rate decline on Friday. Data released by the central bank showed that weighted average accepted yield of the debt securities, which is among the BSP's excess liquidity mopping tools, slipped to 1.7053 percent from 1.7298 percent during the auction last January 14. BSP offered the debt paper for PHP100 bi...

SAFE DELIVERY. Personnel from the Police Regional Office 5 (PRO5) led by Cpl. Leo John V. Samonte help a woman give birth inside a rescue vehicle in San Vicente, Camarines Norte on Monday (Jan. 17, 2022). Samonte is also a registered nurse. (Photo courtesy of PRO5) LEGAZPI CITY - A pregnant woman who went into labor inside a municipal rescue vehicle early this week received assistance from a police officer in safely giving birth to her baby. Maj. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-Bicol (PR...

MANILA - The average rate of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) 28-day bills declined anew on Friday as demand for the debt paper remained. Data released by the central bank showed that the average rate of the securities fell to 1.7298 percent from 1.7666 percent during the auction on January 7. The BSP kept the offer volume at PHP100 billion and the auction committee made a full award. Total tenders for the debt paper, which is among the central bank's tools to mop up excess liquidi...

(Anadolu photo) BUENOS AIRES - The death toll in southeastern Brazil, where a canyon wall collapsed on speedboats in a lake, rose to 10 on Sunday, according to local authorities. The Minas Gerais Fire Department, in a statement, said the bodies of two more people who were missing were found. Officials also said that search and rescue efforts were ended. The slab of rock that broke off from a cliff into Lago de Furnas, near the city of Capitolio, hit four boats and sank two on Saturday, with foot...

Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon (File photo) MANILA - An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said she will require the camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to present his notarized medical certificate following his failure to attend a preliminary conference of the disqualification cases filed against him last week. First Division presiding Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said she would order Dr. Benedict Francis Valdecanas, Marcos' a...

Maj. Malu Calubaquib, PRO5 spokesperson (PNA file photo) LEGAZPI CITY - The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) together with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will conduct intensified checkpoints in the region as part of security measures in preparation for the May 9, national and local elections. Maj. Malu Calubaquib, PRO5 spokesperson, in an interview on Friday, said a gun ban would take effect at 12:01 a.m. of January 9 and end on June 8, 2022. "It is expected that at least one ...

Maj. Malu Calubaquib, PRO5 spokesperson (PNA file photo) LEGAZPI CITY - The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) together with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will conduct intensified checkpoints in the region as part of security measures in preparation for the May 9, national and local elections. Maj. Malu Calubaquib, PRO5 spokesperson, in an interview on Friday, said a gun ban would take effect at 12:01 a.m. of January 9 and end on June 8, 2022. "It is expected that at least one ...

(Photo courtesy of BOC-NAIA) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs-Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) on Wednesday reported the seizure of two parcels containing 28 lizards worth PHP210,000 in Pasay City. District Collector Carmelita Talusan, in a statement, said the parcels containing 22 bearded dragons and six Argentine black and white lizards from Samutprakarn, Thailand, were discovered at the BOC-NAIA Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) last December. The parcels declared as chil...

STARTING A NEW LIFE. A Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) program beneficiary in Caramoan, Camarines Sur received on Dec. 29, 2021 a transitory family support package and livelihood settlement grant from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bicol. The BP2 program is one of the government support measures to decongest urban poor communities. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-Bicol) LEGAZPI CITY - At least 172 families in Camarines Sur have received assistance in the total amount of...

THANKSGIVING. Pangasinenses attend a "Simbang Gabi" (night mass) in front of the Pangasinan Provincial Capitol in celebration of the Yuletide season. The province and its people are bouncing back amid the lingering Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Province of Pangasinan) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Tourism and economy in the province of Pangasinan, as well as its people, generally are bouncing back amid the continuous battle against the pandemic. "Compared to last Christmas that ...