The country’s Malampaya field logged its all-time high gas production at 155.495 billion standard cubic feet (scf) last year, according to data from the Department of Energy. The Malampaya gas field uses an innovative and sustainable deepwater technology for recovering natural gas from the...
The Philippine government may resort to importation anew to address a projected deficit in the supply of the country’s staple fishery products like tilapia and galunggong or round scad. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) already made a...
(MANILA BULLETIN File photo) Filipino households will need to spend more on their cooking fuel budget this month as the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) had been up by P1.00 per kilogram or an equivalent P11.00 for the standard tank. The products of industry players -- Petron Corporation for...
With prices of the country's two main staple foods significantly down weeks ahead of the peak harvest season, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is making another appeal to provincial local government units (LGUs) and the private sector to buy palay and corn directly from farmers. Farm workers...
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine government wants to see an increase in the country's output for okra and edmame, following the recent shipment of these agricultural commodities to Japan. A statement from the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed a private company, Jelfarm Fresh...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is scheduled to issue an advisory or order that will direct power utilities, like the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), to extend for at least 30 days the bill payments of customers in line with the prescription of Republic Act 11494 or the Bayanihan Act-2....
Commuters should get the P30-50 stored value Beep cards for free once they buy the load for the fare, even with the minimum amount they need. Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade is asking AF Payments, Inc., the consortium composed of conglomerates Ayala Group and First...
Now that the island is open to domestic tourists, more than just grains of sand, you can have hearts and stars and snowflakes between your toes Photos by Jackie Tinsay PALM PROMENADE Palm trees keep the white sand company as Boracay awaits beachgoers If you are all sick of the sand “storm” over...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said inflation in September could be lower at 2.2 percent, lower than August’s actual 2.4 percent rate. According to Diokno, the BSP’s Department of Economic Research (DER) has projected range of a low of 1.8 percent for September...
Farmers are seeking the intervention of lawmakers for the declining prices of palay, which was triggered by several factors including the National Food Authority’s (NFA) limited capacity to procure rice as well as traders’ decision to delay their purchase in anticipation of more imported rice...
Members of the Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI), the largest group of feed millers in the Philippines, has intensified its local corn buying, so far purchasing 133,500 metric tons (MT) of the staple during the peak harvest season. Photo by Milada Vigerova on Unsplash. The local...
Passenger traffic is now expected to plunge lower to 66 per cent, instead of the initial 63 per cent, as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) further downgraded its 2020 forecast to reflect a weaker-than-expected recovery. The summer travel season in the Northern Hemisphere ended...
