The Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) is allocating PHP2.78 million to explore protein-rich foods that can be developed from local food processing wastes and underutilized legumes, an executive said on Monday.
The project, led by Lourdes Montevirgen of …
Read MoreThe country’s manufacturing score in March this year posted growth as production volume and purchasing activity continue to rise, the IHS Markit manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) report said.
The report released Monday shows that Philippine manufacturing PMI in March pegged at 52.2, but lower …
Read MoreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the deadline for the submission of the general information sheet (GIS) to allow corporations to cope with the new rounds of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and the transition to an online submission system.
In a notice issued …
Read MoreThe Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has tapped some 119 households in three municipalities in Sarangani province to help rehabilitate starting this year over 500 hectares of forestland in the area.
Forester Abdul Cariga, chief of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office …
Read MoreMayor Sara Z. Duterte dismissed Monday the claim of leftist Bagong Alyansang Makabayan–Southern Mindanao Region (Bayan-SMR) that the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) budget was a “waste of people’s money” amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
“I refuse to …
Read MoreAlbay Rep. Joel Salceda, House ways and means committee chairman, on Monday said he is working with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to craft the Strategic Investment Priorities Plan (SIPP), which is a list of priority industries that will qualify for incentives under …
Read MoreThe Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday said 12,000 contact tracers will be hired in areas under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).
Rolly Francia, director of the DOLE-Information and Publication Service (IPS), said 5,000 contact tracers will be hired in the NCR while …
Read MoreThe Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) awarded on Monday at least PHP2.16 million grants to the Leyte provincial government for emergency employment of 445 workers in three towns of the province.
Identified beneficiaries in the towns of Alangalang and Tolosa will be engaged in …
Read MoreShakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc., the Philippines’ leading chained full-service restaurant, saw bottomline revert to positive territory posting net income of PHP215 million for the last three months of the year following the losses posted for most of 2020.
The improvement in both profit and …
Read MoreThe local stock barometer closed on a positive note Monday, benefiting the local currency.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) inched up by 0.81 percent, or 52.06 points, to 6,495.15 points.
All Shares increased by 0.59 percent, or 23.17 points, to 3,947.46 points.
Most of …
Read MoreOil prices are going up again starting Tuesday.
In separate advisories Monday, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz, PTT Philippines, Seaoil, Shell, Total, and Unioil will increase gasoline prices by PHP0.65 per liter.
Except for Cleanfuel, diesel prices of these companies will also rise by PHP0.05 per …
Read MoreThe rates of treasury bills (T-bills) mostly rose Monday but demand remained high.
National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon attributed the strong buying interest to risk aversion.
The average rate of the 91-day paper increased to 1.295 percent and the 182-day T-bill’s to 1.646 percent but …
Read MoreFollowing the opening of the Skyway Extension’s four-kilometer northbound section to the public, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) said construction of the project’s southbound section will advance and move at a faster pace in time for completion by the third quarter of this year.
“It’s only …
Read MoreThe Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) has condemned the torching of heavy equipment in Barangay Consing, E.B. Magalona town by suspected members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) on Tuesday.
In a statement on Wednesday, the NOCPPO headed by Col. …
Read MoreSenator Cynthia Villar on Wednesday lauded as “welcome development” the World Health Organization’s (WHO) call to stop the sale of live wild animals in food markets to prevent the emergence of new diseases like Covid-19.
Villar, chair of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, …
Read MoreThe government will start accepting online applications for contact tracers in the National Capital Region (NCR) on April 17, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Wednesday.
In a virtual forum, lawyer Ma. Karina Trayvilla, director of the DOLE Bureau of Workers with …
Read MoreJob hunting in the province of Ilocos Norte has been made easier with just a few clicks of the mouse or through mobile phone with internet data.
To help people find work during the pandemic, the provincial government of Ilocos Norte through its Provincial Public …
Read MoreA lawmaker on Wednesday said the government should be allowed to import pork at the new reduced tariff rates and sell directly to the consumers to bring in more competition among importers and effectively pull down retail prices.
Marikina City Rep. Stella Quimbo said this …
Read MoreProduction of poultry, hog and other livestock here is expected to significantly increase following the recent approval of the creation of the Livestock Poultry Raiser Agriculture Cooperative (LPRAC) by the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) through a private-public partnership scheme facilitated by the City’s Veterinary Office …
Read MoreA private sector representative to the Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) on Monday hailed Cebu business community’s strong support to the national vaccination program, as some hospitals and establishments offered to be venues for mass inoculation.
Edmun Liu, chairman of the Project Balik Buhay, said …
Read MoreAmid the public health crisis, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) was able to accommodate more than 28 million Filipinos who participated in the Step 1 registration phase for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys).
The data include some 17.3 million individuals who signed up for PhilSys …
Read MoreThe city government has extended the implementation until yearend of its tax relief measures for business and real property owners in the wake of the continuing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
City Councilor Franklin Gacal Jr., chair of the city council’s finance committee, said Monday …
Read MoreMonitoring activities of the Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in business establishments in Metro Manila in the first quarter of the year showed that the compliance rate for health protocols is high at 94.7 percent.
For the …
Read MoreIndigenous products of Western Visayas take center stage in the one-week trade fair to mark the Filipino Food Month back-to-back with the High-Value Crops Week celebration this month.
In her message during the opening ceremony held at Robinson’s Place here on Monday, Department of Agriculture …
Read MoreThe rate of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) 28-day term deposit facility (TDF) fell Monday as demand remained strong.
Data released by the central bank showed that the average rate of the debt paper dropped to 1.8795 percent from 1.9156 percent during the auction …
Read MoreThe 36th iteration of the annual “Balikatan” exercises between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the US military formally started on Monday.
“The 36th iteration of Balikatan (BK 36-2021) kicks off today 12 April, to last until 23 April 2021,” AFP spokesperson Marine …
Read MoreThe Philippine office market continued registering new demand in the first quarter of 2021 and is growing despite the pandemic as more firms are optimistic on a post-coronavirus economic recovery.
Mikko Barranda, associate director at Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC), said office demand reached 109,000 square …
Read MoreAs the Department of Agriculture (DA) banks on steady fish supply for Metro Manila at this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Philippine Fish Development Authority (PFDA) also guaranteed that its ports are clean and disinfected.
The PFDA continues to conduct “intensive disinfection activities” to …
Read MoreMANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday has directed regional offices (ROs) with available funds of Covid-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2) to help those offices that have depleted funds.
In Labor …
Read MoreMANILA – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has come out with rules and procedures for the availment of maternity leave, paternity leave, adoption leave, and other leave privileges for civil servants.
CSC Resolution No. 2100020 amended the Omnibus Rules on Leave (CSC Memorandum Circular No. …
Read MoreMANILA – The mariners aboard a tanker and merchant ship that collided Wednesday off the coast of Cavite are “in good condition” while no oil leaks have so far been detected Wednesday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.
Based on its report Thursday, the PCG …
Read MoreMANILA – The fish unloaded in the Navotas Fish Port Complex (NFPC) for the first quarter of the year reached a high of 46,436.77 metric tons (MT), the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) said on Thursday.
The NFPC caters to retailers in the National Capital …
Read MoreMANILA – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a compassionate special permit for the use of the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin, an official said Thursday.
“Sa pagkakaalam ko po, may isang ospital samin na nag-apply ng compassionate special permit for the use of Ivermectin …
Read MoreGENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) has tapped local government units (LGUs) to encourage more taxpayers to file their income tax returns (ITR) before the deadline on April 15.
Jose Eric Furia, director of BIR Revenue Region …
Read MoreMANILA – The Department of Energy (DOE) said Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Tokyo-based Hydrogen Technology Inc. (HTI) to explore the potential of hydrogen as an energy source for the Philippines in the future.
DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi and HTI president and …
Read MoreCITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office here on Wednesday distributed some PHP1 million worth of aquaculture equipment and materials to fisherfolk in Aurora towns.
BFAR-3 Regional Director Wilfredo Cruz on Thursday said the move aims …
Read MoreMANILA – The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has infused a combined PHP53.3 billion in cash into the Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) — the country’s two main government financial institutions (GFIs) — over a five-year …
Read MoreMANILA – The Philippine National Police – Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) on Thursday said it is has intensified anti-colorum operations to go after those involved in the illegal transport of people to and from the ‘National Capital Region (NCR) Plus’ area.
PNP-HPG chief, Brig. Gen. …
Read MoreMANILA – Food and Drug Administration Director General Eric Domingo on Thursday clarified that the distribution of anti-parasitic Ivermectin remains illegal even though the medicine was granted a compassionate special permit.
In a radio interview, Domingo noted that the hospital which applied for and was …
Read MoreILOILO CITY – The Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) in Western Visayas on Thursday called on all public officials and employees in government to support the all-out war against communist terrorist groups (CTGs) and their legal fronts.
Associate Provincial Prosecutor …
Read MoreMANILA – The United States government has called on China to abide by the 2016 arbitral tribunal award, as it reiterated its “strong support” for the Philippines amid the presence of Chinese vessels at the Julian Felipe Reef — part of the country’s exclusive economic …
Read MoreMANILA – The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to reconsider his decision to temporarily reduce import duties on pork as the government stands to lose PHP1.9 billion in revenues, which could be used to develop the …
Read MoreGENERAL SANTOS CITY – The city council here is pushing for the creation of a special unit that will regularly evaluate the performance of construction companies in various infrastructure projects in the area.
The move was based on an ordinance passed by the council on …
Read MoreMANILA – The Philippines ‘ total external trade in goods grew at an annual rate of 0.6 percent, or about USD12.191 billion, in February 2021.
Of the total external trade in February 2021, 58.9 percent were imported goods, while the rest were exported goods, data …
Read MoreCOTABATO CITY – A total of 177 former members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who earlier surrendered to the Army in Maguindanao have received livelihood aid from the provincial government.
Maguindanao Gov. Bai Mariam Sangki-Mangudadatu and Big Gen. Jose Narciso, 6th Infantry Division …
Read MorePULILAN, Bulacan – At least 454 residents of Barangay Sta. Peregrina in this town on Thursday received cash assistance, the first beneficiaries in this province of the financial aid issued by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to those individuals affected by the enhanced …
Read MoreBACOLOD CITY – Some 14 former members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Negros Occidental were given financial assistance totaling PHP754,000 under the government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP).
The recipients, who are residents of the cities of Kabankalan …
Read MoreCAMP DANGWA, LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Policemen in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have seized and destroyed some PHP21.97 million worth of illegal drugs as well as the arrest of 24 persons engaged in the illegal trade in March this year.
Capt. Marnie Abellanida, information …
Read MoreMANILA – The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) on Thursday welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to reduce import duties of pork for the next 12 months.
“We welcome the decision of the President to temporarily reduce import duties of pork imports. We consider …
Read MoreMANILA – The Philippine government is considering the use of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) travel pass as part of the country’s preparations for the resumption of international travel amid the pandemic, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said Wednesday.
“This move is parallel with …
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