Ever wish you have a more guilt-free snacking experience? Well, here's one delicious alternative for you. Oreo will be releasing gluten-free cookies, available in its regular classic black and white and Double Stuff varieties. The brand new cookies will be permanent additions to Oreo's portfolio. A...
In addressing the continuous decline in palay prices, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) is asking the government to follow the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) and impose safeguard duties on rice imports instead of resorting to decisions such as the proposed suspension on the issuance of sanitary...
The one-time financial assistance that the Senate directed the Department of Agriculture (DA) to provide to rice farmers amid the declining prices of palay would not be enough, a group of rice farmers said. (MB file, Keith Bacongco) Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) National Manager Raul Montemayor...
Garena Free Fire Facebook page Five Filipino teams will carry the flag in the $50,000 (over P2.4 million) Garena Free Fire Tri-Nation Cup grand finals slated on Sunday, October 18. HardToGet, Bloody Head, Absolute Verdict Elite, AXA Dream Team and Supreme Assault Forces will duke it out...
The Philippines ranked fourth as potential location site for EU businesses among countries in ASEAN, which also lost steam as EU favorite with new regions also being eyed as good sites for global supply chain relocation, a 2020 EU-ASEAN Business Sentiment Survey showed. Photo credit:...
The offer of suspended AF Payments Inc. (AFPI) to provide some P10 million worth, or 125,000 free Beep cards to EDSA Busway commuters, in lieu of scrapping the cost of the cards for everyone, was enough to placate the Department of Transportation (DOTr) - for the moment. But that's not the end of...
The Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) has resulted in the retrenchment of hundreds of employees in the National Food Authority (NFA) and the removal of the government's power to regulate rice prices, but the state-run grains agency is making it clear that they are not in favor of calls to amend the law....
Farmers are seeking the intervention of lawmakers for the declining prices of palay, which was triggered by several factors including the National Food Authority’s (NFA) limited capacity to procure rice as well as traders’ decision to delay their purchase in anticipation of more imported rice...
The Bureau of Customs further stepped up its campaign against rice smuggling even amid the coronavirus pandemic by conducting raids on warehouses suspected of storing illegally imported stocks of the grain in response to reports by concerned citizens. Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo...
The Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) has urged the Korean government for the granting of 100 percent visa-free entry of Filipino tourists as the tourism sector prepares for the eventual resumption of travel amid the still evolving pandemic. President Ritchie Tuaño issued this appeal...
As the prices of palay sank to as low as P12 per kilogram (/kg) in some areas, Senator Risa Hontiveros agreed there is a need to amend the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) and promised to convince the law's author and fellow senator, Cynthia Villar, about it....
If there’s one thing the quarantine has made Glyzel Anne Sapla realize, it’s that her bedroom is in need of a major transformation. With full-time job duties to carry out at home and graduate school to get through in the middle of a pandemic, she says it only makes sense to improve...
