Cha-ching, cha-ching, b-bling, bling—that’s the sound of things like hearts and relationships breaking in the British monarchy ROYAL TRIPTYCH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Photo by Max Numby, taken on Feb. 11, 2020); Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (Photo by Samir Hussein); and Prince William,...
Tokyo Olympic-bound boxers Eumir Felix Marcial and Irish Magno (Handout photo) The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) has shed light on the recent social media clamor of Olympic-bound boxers Irish Magno and Eumir Felix Marcial. ABAP, in a statement Friday, March 19, explained...
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...
(From left) PSC Commissioner Celia Kiram, PSC Chairman William Ramirez, CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera III, CHED Office of the Deputy Executive Director OIC Atty. Lily Milla and CHED Office of the Executive Director OIC Atty. Ryan Estevez in the ceremonial signing of MOA with PSC and CHED at the...
Despite the persistence of COVID-19 and African Swine Fever (ASF), the Department of Agriculture (DA) is still bent on pursuing a nearly 3 percent growth target for the Philippines’ agricultural production for this year. In a statement, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the DA will continue...
The Philippines temporarily banned the importation of poultry products coming from the Russian Federation, which was recently hit by the dreaded bird flu or H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). This was contained in Department of Agriculture’s (DA) memorandum order (MO) no. 17, which...
China Banking Corporation (China Bank) reported a 20 percent growth in net income to P12.1 billion despite the challenges posed by the pandemic last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said its bigger profits translated to an improved return on equity of 12.1 percent...
It will soon be easier for local hog raisers who are insured at the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) to claim insurance or indemnification after being hit by the dreaded African Swine Fever (ASF). Photo by MA Albert Estoya. This, after the PCIC Board of Directors approved the proposal...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is now pushing to further expand the minimum access volume (MAV) allocation on pork to 404,210 metric tons (MT) from the current 54,000 MT, a proposal that has already been sent to President Rodrigo Duterte for approval. On Tuesday (Feb. 16), Agriculture Secretary...
Photo from FIBA Four teams in the PBA will get an opportunity to select a player in the special draft after the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas added William Navarro to the list for next month’s Rookie Draft. Navarro is a 6-foot-6 forward who played for the Ateneo Blue Eagles and is currently...
Our reality and the pieces of ourselves we tend to forget Illustration by Samy Löwe William Shakespeare wrote in A Midsummer Night’s Dream , “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is wing’d cupid painted blind.” Does it still ring true in this day and age? A...
The Philippine government is eyeing a way bigger minimum access volume (MAV) allocation, or about 388,790 metric tons (MT), for pork. This is just one of the proposals of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in terms of addressing the shortfall in the supply of the commodity as well as bring down its...
