The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Collection District VI collected over half a billion from the ports of Iloilo and the Sub-Port of Pulupandan in Negros Occidental in the first half of 2014. Total revenues collected in the first six months of the year reached P546,350,678.00,  higher by 32.1 percent from its income target of P416 million for the said period.   The Port of Iloilo on normal days. The sub-port of Pulupandan contributed 71 percent of the total collection or equivalent to P389,106,161.00. Ernelito Aquino, District Collector of Port of Iloilo, explained that the District Port of Iloilo is dependent...

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McDonald's opens biggest branch in Iloilo

MANILA – McDonald's opened on Monday its biggest branch in Iloilo City at Megaworld's Iloilo Business Park.The McDonald’s stand-alone store at the 72-hectare township project has a total seating capacity of 250, and houses a play place, party area, and parking area."We are very excited to be the first fast-food chain to open in Iloilo Business Park, and we are very happy to serve the Ilonggos who are working and visiting, including those who will be living in this world-class township," said Eugene Reducindo, the managing director of Choice Gourmet Banquet, Inc., the franchisee of McDonald's in Iloilo.The opening of McDonald’s came after the...

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