The Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) under the College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), is currently celebrating its 50th founding anniversary. Mandated by Presidential Decree 729, IPB is committed to developing new and improved varieties of...
The Philippines climbed one spot in this year’s edition of the World Competitiveness Ranking by the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD), on the back of strong economic performance, while still being among the worst performers in the Asia-Pacific region. The...
We don 't often hear about tech stories that start right here at home and end up shaping the future beyond our borders. But that 's exactly what 's happening with the recent partnership between Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), Philippine-based Hungry Workhorse, and...
Even as the Philippine peso depreciated against the United States (US) dollar at a pace that was among the worst among emerging market (EM) currencies last week, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is still expected to cut interest rates this week. Data from the Bankers Association of the...
The Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) has joined the growing call of the business sector urging lawmakers to proceed with the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte to uphold the rule of law. In a statement on Friday, June 13, FINEX said it views the impeachment...
VANCOUVER, Canada – The Philippine Independence Day celebration in the Pacific Northwest province of British Columbia is muted this year because of the Lapu-Lapu Festival tragedy here last April. Metro Vancouver has the second-largest Filipino community in Canada next to Greater Toronto, and...
Being debt-free is truly liberating. You 're no longer burdened by repaying principal and interest. Credit card debt is a common trap people fall into. You spend money you don 't have on hand, and using your credit card seems like an easy out. In reality, though, this can send you into a...
The Philippines will receive a $500-million loan, or about ₱27.9 billion, from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support efforts to make the local agriculture sector more sustainable through 2030. ADB agriculture, food, nature, and rural development sector office senior director Qingfeng Zhang...
The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) will invest $1.5 billion, or about ₱83.8 billion, through a five-year farming program aiming to improve rice productivity and low-carbon rice production across Asia and the Pacific (APAC), including the Philippines. This is part of the multilateral...
State-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) believes that skepticism surrounding the feasibility of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Power Grid is likely to diminish over time, citing investments that could help address this years-long concern. In an...
In a humbled demeanor, President Ferdinand Marcos acknowledged that the 5-5-2 Senate results were somewhat of a rebuke to certain government policies and highlighted what people need. Marcos stated, "People are tired of politics," and that the government had been too focused on...
BY Carlos Cervantes The year 1990 marked the beginning of my banking career in Mindanao, where I was immediately immersed in the world of microfinance as an account officer for a local Thrift Bank. As a thrift institution, our mandate was to extend credit to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises...
