President Rodrigo Duterte formally opened the 2021 National Sports Summit during the virtual rites Wednesday. In a recorded video message, Pres. Duterte stressed the importance of sports in coping with the pandemic. “This online sports lecture-forum is indeed timely as we turn to sports as a...
The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) is asking President Rodrigo Duterte to authorize limited importation of up to 50,000 metric tons (MT) only at zero tariff at zero. MB file (Photo by Keith Bacongco) This developed as the group was not convinced by the proposal of the...
Even if the implementation of a price freeze on farm commodities from November to December failed to stop the cost of pork and chicken from rising, the government is still keen on resorting to the same strategy, which is hoped to be finalized within the week. In a virtual briefing on Monday,...
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered to retain the 5 percent tariff on mechanically deboned meat (MDM), a decision in favor of the local meat processors to the dismay of local raisers. President Duterte issued Executive Order (EO) 123 to keep the tariff on MDM low at 5 percent, instead of...
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...
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”....
President Duterte and actress-philanthropist Angel Locsin are the most admired man and woman in the Philippines in 2020. In the survey, Duterte garnered 19.67 percent score while Locsin got 15.03 percent. This is the second year in a row that both personalities topped the "admiration" list. Also in...
Pinoy netizens are on the fence about supporting "Hayop Ka: The Nimfa Dimaano Story," the first Filipino animated production that will stream on Netflix on October 29. While excitement is high over the major opportunity that it presents for Filipino animators, politics came to play when it was...
PFF president Nonong Araneta, left, Chooks 3x3 commissioner Eric Altamirano and PBA commissioner Willie Marcial, right. (Handout / PBA Images) The lifting of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine is something the pro leagues are anticipating as President Duterte is expected Monday to announce...
Postcard from the edge Text and images by Joaquin Lerma The author at the facade of AGNSW After being forced to move online in March due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the 22nd Sydney Biennale, the world's second longest running international biennial art exhibition (next only to the Venice Biennale)...
