THE FISHERIES bureau is seeking to protect the galunggong fishery by declaring a no-harvest season during spawning in northern Palawan, in a bid to raise the long-term numbers of the species, an important food for low-income families.
Oct 182015
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Oct 182015
THE MARITIME industry regulator is encouraging investment in new tonnage to modernize the industry, though ship owners are saying the incentives on offer are “minimal” and must be “sweetened.”
Oct 182015
(First of two parts) On Oct. 5, 2015, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) issued the final report on all 15 BEPS Action Plans. This caps two years of work started in September 2013, when G20 Leaders endorsed the ambitious and comprehensive Action Plan on BEPS, to restore confidence in the international tax framework which was designed more than a century ago.
Oct 152015
DAVAO CITY — Mindanao will have sufficient power in the coming months even under the worst-case scenario for the current dry conditions due to the entry of new fossil-fuel plants and given proper management of water levels in the southern island’s two main hydroelectric complexes.
Oct 152015
THE government said on Thursday that rice output in the third quarter was likely slightly lower than initially projected due to crop losses from a drought-inducing El Niño, pest attacks and typhoons, while stocks shrank for a fourth straight month.
Oct 152015
THE Japanese aid agency handed over at least P280 million worth of state-of-the-art earthquake and tsunami monitoring equipment to the government on Thursday to upgrade the country’s disaster mitigation capabilities.
Oct 132015
GERMAN COMPANIES are seeking local partners to pursue projects involving the generation of solar power in areas not connected to the Philippines’ main power grid, the German-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry said in a statement.
Oct 132015
ALTERNATIVE locations to the main business districts are providing sufficient supply for the rapidly expanding business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, property consultants CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Philippines, Inc. said.
Oct 132015
ECONOMIC growth this year and next could still come in at around 6% despite the continued drop in exports as consumer spending is expected to remain robust, an economist from ING bank said.
Oct 122015
DAVAO CITY — A Manila-based company’s proposal to develop a 200-hectare mixed-use project via reclamation for P39 billion has attracted a counterproposal from another group, triggering a Swiss challenge, a city official said.