Mayor Stephen A. Palmares and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Managing Director Rosabel B. Guerrero (second and third from left) led the launch of Paleng-QR Ph Plus in Passi City, Iloilo on 30 August 2024. The program aims to promote e-payments in markets, public transportation, and other businesses using QR Ph, the national standard for quick response codes. BSP also conducted a Piso Caravan to exchange dirty and mutilated money for new bills or e-wallet credits, as well as financial learning sessions for Passinhons. Also in the photo (from left) are Department of the Interior and Local Government Provincial Director Carmelo F. Orbista, a tricycle driver, Vice Mayor Elyzer C. Chavez, Passi City Councilor Bonifacio Barbero, and BSP Iloilo Branch Area Head Joanne Marie D. Castelo.
