This sounds cliché, but the most significant role of Filipino entrepreneurs, come hell or high waters or COVID-19, has remained the same: Entrepreneurship is geared towards nation building. PFA President Sherill Quintana This is how Sherill Quintana, one of the country’s most successful...
The Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI) has raised concern over insufficient local corn production and is urging the government and local producers to address the urgent need to ensure reliability and consistency of supply in the country. Photo by Balázs Benjamin from Pexels Corn...
San Juan, Iloilo and Negros extended their respective unbeaten streaks to remain at the helm in the third conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) online tournament over the weekend. The San Juan Predators squeaked past the Pasig City King Pirates, 11-10, and then...
The pandemic has significantly slowed down the domestic e-vehicle (EVs) industry in 2020, with EV registration dropping 35 percent versus pre-pandemic level, according to the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP). eVAP logo At the virtual 9 th Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit...
San Juan and Iloilo blasted their rivals to remain unscathed in five appearances in the third conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) online tournament Wednesday. The San Juan Predators clobbered the Olongapo Rainbow Team 7, 14-7, and the Cavite Spartans, 16-5, to...
Insurance payments related to the coronavirus pandemic hit more than P8 billion. IC Comm. Dennis B. Funa Since the pandemic began, Insurance Commissioner Dennis B. Funa reported that payouts made by life and non-life insurers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and mutual benefit associations...
The ASEAN automotive industry registered positive growths both in sales and production with all countries, except Myanmar, reporting higher sales as of July this year. Data from the ASEAN Automotive Federation showed the region’s automotive sales went up 27.5 percent to 1,507,331 units from...
San Juan, Negros and Iloilo bested their rivals to remain unscathed in the third conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) online tournament over the weekend. The San Juan Predators edged the Manila Indios Bravos, 11.5-9.5; the Negros Kingsmen dumped the Lapu-Lapu...
The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) is wary over the Philippines’ imposition of a ban on Brazilian beef products, a temporary measure to prevent Mad Cow disease or Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) from entering the country. To protect consumers, the...
The country's largest pork producers group decried the low farm-gate prices, prompting them to launch a nationwide campaign, appealing to consumers to prefer local pork over imported. In a text exchange, Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines, Inc. (PPFPI) President Nonon Tambago said local...
Pateros contact tracers (DILG Pateros) The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPi) urged the national government to improve its contact tracing efforts to break the chain of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) transmission. PHAPi President Dr. Jose Rene De Grano said that the...
Philippine banks are planning to implement digital money management tools in the next 12 months as new direction by the Filipino retail banking sector to help consumers manage their crippling debt. Backbase A Backbase commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, showed that 60 percent of...
