Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones has already intervened in the issue between several agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Davao and Marsman Estate Plantations Inc. (MEPI) urging the former to resolve their long-standing rift with one of the country’s top banana exporters. Banana...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has directed the Department of Transportation to collect at least half a billion pesos in remaining charges that flag-carrier Philippines Airlines still owed to the government. Philippine Airlines Dominguez immediately asked the DOTr to “intensify...
Revenue collection from tariffs on imported rice exceeded the minimum funding requirement for the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) in the first eight-months of the year, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Palay In a statement, the DOF said the Bureau of Customs collected P11.69...
While groups of local fishermen, traders, and aquaculture players already expressed what they think about the government’s decision to approve the importation of 60,000 metric tons (MT) and how they think this may not necessarily bring down fish prices, Ateneo Professor Karlo Fermin Adriano has...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 21,411 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Sunday, Sept. 12. The DOH noted that the new cases do not include the data from five laboratories as they were not able to submit their COVID-19 data on time. The country's tally of COVID-19 cases since...
A nurse prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre, in Garlan, western France, on May 31, 2021. Fred TANNEAU / AFP The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) welcomed the initiative of some local government units (LGUs) of conducting pre-registration of...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has urged the Senate to help guarantee the Philippines’ "strong economic rebound" from the lingering pandemic by swiftly approving the Duterte administration’s remaining economic reform measures. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez Finance Secretary Carlos G....
Filipino teen inventors were recognized for their innovative inventions in the recently-concluded fourth imake.wemake: create. innovate. collaborate competition. Among the innovations of young inventors submitted for the contest is a hands-free computer interface with a built-in medical scanner, a...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines saw 26,303 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Sept. 11—the highest number of new infections reported in a single day since the pandemic hit the country last year. The latest figure pushed the country’s running...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has urged farmer cooperatives to import fertilizers directly from international producers and suppliers in order to reduce the farm input's local cost. (Photo courtesy of the DA) Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the move would also provide the farmers’...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones has bared that like other countries, the Philippines is also looking into the possibilities of robot teachers in the country's education system. Education in the 'New Normal.' Grade school teachers of St. Francis of Assisi College...
Agricultural damage and losses caused by typhoon "Jolina" ballooned to P324.04 million as reports of assessments continue to come in, the Department of Agriculture said. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) The devastation translated into 17,760 metric tons of production loss, covering...
