Fostering the tradition of excellence has always a priority of Cardinal Santos Medical Center (CSMC)—from investing in homegrown talents to their readiness to adopt technology trends. "We continuously improve on our ways as we remain determined to be top of mind for our patients," CSMC chief...
The reimposition of the 40 percent tariff on mechanically deboned meat (MDM) will bring in additional P5.5 billion revenues to the country, but will only mean minimal increase in prices for consumers, according to Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG). SINAG made this case as it formally...
Coconut farmers are coming up with a position paper that will formally ask President Rodrigo Duterte to veto Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund or the Coco Levy Act, which will pave the way for the release of the P100-billion Coco Levy Fund. (MB FILE, Keith Bacongco) Pambansang Kaisahan ng...
The decline in auto industry sales in ASEAN quickened as of October this year to 33.9 percent as sales further slowed down two months before the year 2020 ends. Data from the ASEAN Automotive Federation showed there were only 248,424 units sold in October bringing total regional sales to...
On the anticipated release of the P100-billion coco levy fund, another veto is coconut farmers’ last hope after the House version of Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund (Coco Levy Act) was passed on third and final reading and turned out to be “worse than the Senate version of the law”....
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed more funding to DELIVER-e application, a farmers-to-buyers digital platform recently launched in the Philippines. In a Webinar on Monday, USAID Acting Mission Director for Philippines Patrick Wesner said his agency...
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine government is still determined to award the country’s best mining companies. A Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) memorandum showed that the agency, tasked to regulate and develop the country’s mining sector, has already started the nomination...
The fatal animal disease African Swine Fever (ASF) that reached the Philippines’ backyard farms in August last year is now on its third wave, so far resulted in the culling of more than 400,000 pigs across the country. Based on the latest government report, the ASF outbreak in the Philippines...
The Department of Finance (DOF) ordered the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to return to the government coffers the P32.6 billion sitting idle in the state-owned Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC). In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said he has...
A tripartite agreement was signed today for the private sector donation to the government of 3-million dosage of COVID-19 vaccine, estimated to cost P700 million. The agreement “Angat Lahat: A Dose of Hope” was signed today by Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Nego Negosyo...
With less than two months left for the year, the Philippines’ 2020 total rice imports so far stood at nearly 2 million metric tons (MT), coming from the usual countries like Vietnam and some unusual ones like China. As of November 13, 2020, 1.92 million MT of rice already entered the country,...
Credit card users will have lower billing statements after November 3 with the adoption of ceilings on interest rate, finance charges and fees on all credit card transactions. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno ( Bloomberg ) “Starting on this date, interest or finance...
