As the 2012 Zamboanga International Film Festival drew to a close, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and the city government honored participating filmmakers Monday evening.

Zamboangueño renowned artist Rameer Tawasil mounted a solo art exhibit, February capping the highly charged Dia de Zamboanga activities.

Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Jorge Domecq, who came here to keynote the 75th Dia de la Ciudad de Zamboanga last Sunday, assured that the Spanish government is committed to help the city government in its effort to preserve the city’s Spanish derivative language called Chabacano.

Deputy Speaker Maria Isabelle “Beng” Climaco has co-sponsored House Bill 3962 which seeks to amend Republic Act 6949 or An Act to Declare March Eight of Every Year as a Working Special Holiday.

To address the concerns of the Contractors/Subcontractors in the region, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has given more teeth to a revised department order that aims to protect workers by curbing abuses of contracting and subcontracting arrangements.

ZAMBOANGA CITY — As the 2012 Zamboanga International Film Festival drew to a close, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and the city government honored participating filmmakers Monday evening.

DUMALINAO, Zamboanga del Sur — “Believing that tanods are the best source of intelligence report as well as force multipliers in their respective barangays, equipping them with the needed knowledge and skills would be very relevant in the discharge of their duties and functions.”

PAGADIAN CITY — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in cooperation with the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) spearheaded a Conciliation and Mediation Training for PESO Managers and Guidance Counselors on Monday at the DOLE Provincial Office, Alano Street, this city.

ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is set to launch next month the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) here in Zamboanga Peninsula, a DTI official announced Tuesday.

MANILA — The Philippine peso closed better Tuesday at 42.83 from the previous day’s 42.97 to a dollar on anticipation on the positive developments in Europe.

MANILA — The Philippine government plans to issue at least US$ 500 million worth of Global Peso Notes (GPN) this year, depending on market conditions.

MANILA — The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) denounces what it calls the "irresponsible and unwarranted dragging" of the Philippine government into the private corporate squabble between billionaire Stephen Wynn and Japanese tycoon Kazuo Okada.

MANILA — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) proposal to declare mining sites nationwide as mineral reservation areas (MRAs) will help level the playing field among large-scale mining companies operating in the country and raise government's revenue haul as well.

MANILA — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has collected a total of P890.5 billion from its operations or a growth of 12.92 percent in 2011 as compared to its 2010 collection of P788.6 billion.

MANILA — BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO) posted an audited net income of P10.5 billion in 2011.