Ilocos Sur town rolls out cashless payments in markets, transport

Inquirer.net - Oct 18, 2026

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — The municipal government of Santa Lucia in this province recently launched the Paleng-QR PH Plus program to promote cashless transactions among market vendors, transport operators, small businesses and consumers. The initiative, spearheaded by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in partnership with the Department of the Interior and Local Government

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Erwin Tulfo on 3 ‘backstabbing’ peers: ‘Tsk, tsk, tsk’

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MANILA, Philippines — Using a cartoon, Sen. Erwin Tulfo lamented how “backstabbing” peers who sit on the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) continued to support a move to unseat him. While he did not outrightly name them, Tulfo on Saturday took a swipe at his fellow senators who he said continued to seek his ouster over

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MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman on Saturday said it had initiated a preliminary investigation of Cagayan Rep. Joseph Lasam Lara and members of his family over alleged financial interests in construction companies that bagged billions of pesos worth of government contracts. In a statement, the Ombudsman said the Laras were being investigated

Development banks pledge support in 1st Manila meeting

Oct 18, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The heads of 10 multilateral development banks (MDBs) agreed to expand their financing capacity to help developing countries like the Philippines weather mounting economic pressures from geopolitical conflicts and increasingly severe climate disasters. In their first-ever meeting in the country on Saturday, the bank leaders pledged to strengthen cooperation in mobilizing private

18 including 8 Chinese nabbed for illegal mining in Surigao City

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MANILA, Philippines — Eighteen individuals, including eight Chinese, were arrested on Saturday in Surigao City during a joint operation against illegal mining by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Philippine National Police. The DENR in a statement said its Environmental Law Enforcement and Protection Service and Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)

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MANILA, Philippines — A relic of St. Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager canonized in 2025 and now known as the “Millennial Saint,” will be put on display for public veneration at some churches in the Visayas from Nov. 26 to Dec. 6. It is the same relic — a portion of Acutis’ pericardium, or the

Lasting gift that keeps Angeles City reading

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ANGELES CITY — When city librarian Erma Manalo thanked the children of Renato “Katoks” Tayag for their father’s donation of land for a city library 54 years ago, she recalled a legacy built over three generations of two families. Manalo described the 1,690-square-meter property as a “gift” during a commemoration of the late lawyer and

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