The agriculture chief is optimistic about farm output for this year’s last quarter, expecting it to be better than the first six months when agriculture was badly hit by the severest El Niño to hit the country.
Aug 192016
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Aug 192016
The “worrisome” digital divide across Asia and the Pacific in terms of fixed broadband subscription is growing, with broadband capabilities and access being highly concentrated in East and North-East Asia, while the rest of the region lags far behind, a new study by the United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) said on Friday.
Aug 182016
THE president of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) said there is a sense of “hesitation” among European businesses considering investing in the country, amid the spate of extrajudicial killings in the course of the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs and criminality.
Aug 182016
THE Department of Justice and Bureau of Corrections Project have rescheduled the bid submission for a planned state-of-the-art prison in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija from Aug. 25 to Nov. 24 at 1:00 p.m., the Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines said in a statement on Thursday.
Aug 182016
TOE the line. That’s the call from the mining association in the world’s biggest nickel ore supplier where members are facing a crackdown led by Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte, who’s said the Southeast Asian nation can live without the industry’s contribution entirely if need be.
Aug 172016
BUREAU of Customs (BoC) Commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon said the agency will focus on strengthening its presence in provincial ports and changing its approach to favor trade facilitation to help boost collections.
Aug 172016
ENVIRONMENT Secretary Regina Paz L. Lopez is looking for a mine that may serve as a model to the industry for responsible practices, after initially signaling her doubts about the entire industry’s environmental record, an official said.
Aug 172016
In less than two weeks, the so-called “ber” months will begin. This marks the unofficial start of the Christmas season for Filipinos. It is when people crowd the malls to take advantage of various promos, such as zero-interest and deferred-payment schemes. More often than not, they also go overboard on spending, resulting in broken budgets. The temptation to swipe is all around, but do we really know what to do when our credit card statements reflect unexpected charges or when we are victimized by credit card fraud or scams?
Aug 162016
THE Department of Energy (DoE) is looking at building a 200-megawatt (MW) plant that runs on liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a backup facility that can be run during times of supply shortage, which recently happened when several power plants went on a forced outage while others were on a scheduled maintenance shutdown.
Aug 162016
THE department of Trade and Industry (DTI) wants to keep and possibly extend the current four years of income tax holiday granted to export firms setting up shop in the Philippines, as the government works to rationalize fiscal perks for companies.