THE NATIONAL Tobacco Administration (NTA) has increased the floor prices of three types of tobacco by as much as P10 for the 2014-2015 crop year, as farmers expect a rise in production cost.
Sep 052013
BusinessWorld Online: Economy
Aug 302013
SUGAR production for crop year 2013-2014 will likely be lower than the country’s final raw sugar output for the current crop year, a Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) official said yesterday.
Aug 302013
THE CONCESSIONAIRE agreement for the P17.2-billion Mactan-Cebu International Airport rehabilitation public-private partnership (PPP) project will be available by tonight or tomorrow, a top MCIA official said.
Aug 302013
THE CIVIL Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) expects the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to raise the country from Category 2 to Category 1 sometime in October, the local aviation regulator’s top official said.
Aug 292013
THE COUNTRY’S palay production for the third quarter will likely be lower than forecasted as harvest areas for the period are expected to drop by 0.324%, Department of Agriculture (DA) data showed.
Aug 292013
THE PHILIPPINES must improve its ability to attract investments to take advantage of its favorable demographic, according to Bank of America — Merrill Lynch (BofA).
Aug 292013
THE PROPOSED “lemon law” to protect buyers of defective brand-new motor vehicles has been refiled at the House of Representatives.
Aug 282013
THE VOLUME of coconut exports for the first five months of the year surged 79.72% even if average prices of coconut products dropped.
Aug 282013
MACTAN, CEBU — Expecting “staggering growth,” the contact center industry has revised upwards its revenue and employment targets for the year.
Aug 282013
THE RECENT floods in Luzon due to the incessant monsoon rains serve as a reminder that these calamities are inevitable in tropical countries such as ours. Because of climate change, the havoc they cause has intensified in magnitude over the last decade. While the government undertakes to implement a comprehensive anti-flooding program to address this bedevilling situation, realistically, full project completion may take several years without any guarantee of success.