SECRETARY RAMON M. LOPEZ Department of Trade and Industry (Photo by Mr. Mark Ches Ang) While there’s a growing awareness of the global competitiveness of Filipino products, there are still some Pinoys that are biased towards imported products because they think locally-made goods are not “high...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been strongly urged to withdraw its proposal to reduce the tariff on pork imports as well as increase the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) allocation while the investigation on alleged “tongpats” is ongoing. Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) Chairman...
The Philippines moved up 3 notches to 83rd spot for mobile internet speed, and up 8 notches to 92nd for fixed broadband in a ranking of 140 countries in last month's Ookla Speedtest report. "Everyone in government, telecommunication companies, and mobile network operators had been doubling efforts...
• At 80, Briones leads the largest bureaucracy with hundreds of thousands of personnel and millions of students. • ‘They say I am already old but I believe I have the youngest ideas. There is no correlation between the state of my knees and the state of my brain,’ she said. • Believing...
The Philippines could attain a "better normal soon" as the government continued to implement its vaccination program to boost protection against the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Nograles has expressed confidence...
The government is on track with its acquisition of sufficient supply of coronavirus vaccines in the country, according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP / FILE PHOTO) As the country marked its first year in pandemic lockdown, Nograles assured that more vaccines are...
Department of Trade and Industry (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines has expanded the list of countries covered with the safeguard measure on cement importation with additional 13 countries, including Indonesia, as sourcing of cheap cement may have been diverted to countries previously exempt from...
If President Duterte's Cabinet members were enrolled in a school, three officials would be vying for the valedictorian spot. President Duterte has praised Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar, and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III for being the top performers...
A Chinese firm has already dropped out of the Malaya thermal power facility negotiated sale, but four others are still in the running, giving hopes to state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) that its long-wished for privatization of the 650-megawatt facility...
Toy manufacturers from Hong Kong are considering of investing in the Philippines as they showed strong confidence in the country. This was disclosed by the officers and members of the Toys Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong (TMHK) who joined an online information session with the Philippine...
Foreign direct investments (FDI) last year dropped 24.6 percent to a net inflow of $6.542 billion from $8.671 billion in 2019, but it was more than the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) $6-billion projection for 2020. “The disruptive impact of the pandemic on global supply chains and the weak...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) expressed its support for the Sustainable Tourism Development Project (STDP) to be launched in Coron and El Nido in Palawan this year which aims to draw more visitors and hasten their tourism recovery. Kayangan Lake in Coron, Palawan (File Photo / MANILA BULLETIN)...
