THE Trade department has laid out its plans to address the sluggish growth of the country’s manufacturing sector in a bid to help curb the poverty incidence rate.
Sep 022016
Sep 022016
THE REPAIR and possible commercial run of the Bataan nuclear plant could cost lower than the initial estimate of $1 billion and could attract funds other than those coming from the government, proponents of nuclear energy for the country said on Friday.
Sep 022016
THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT’S Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has temporarily suspended the accreditation of De Oro Resources, Inc. to export fishery products with a pending audit on reports that the company exported hepatitis A virus-infected frozen raw scallops to the United States.
Sep 012016
THE GOVERNMENT has accepted the bids of Vietnam and Thailand in a tender that closed on Wednesday for a combined 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice imports for shipment later this month and the next.
Sep 012016
PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte has approved the transfer of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) back to the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) purview, according to his Agriculture chief.
Sep 012016
DAVAO CITY — Davao International Container Terminal, Inc. (DICT) will inaugurate today its P5-billion expansion project at its cargo port in Panabo City, which now has a capacity of up to 600,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) per year.
Aug 302016
PUNTERS WHO get lucky in their casino bets could soon see their gambling winnings eroded by a new tax.
Aug 302016
THE DEPARTMENT of Energy (DoE) is forming a team that will look into the viability of nuclear energy for the Philippines, focusing on a plan to revive the mothballed Bataan nuclear power plant at a cost of around $1 billion, its top official said on Tuesday.
Aug 302016
THE COUNTRY’S debt burden eased further during the first semester, allowing the Duterte government to remain on track for a year-end goal of a debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of 42.66%.
Aug 292016
HEADS of the country’s largest power producers and industry officials have kept an open mind about the prospect of nuclear energy for the Philippines, although some expressed reservations about its viability in the short term on lingering doubts about its safety and acceptability.