The country’s exports could possibly reach $240.5 billion by 2028, more than double the $113-billion level expected this year, by lifting the land ownership ceiling for agricultural investors, attracting major global players, scaling up exports of primary products, and integration of all players...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual has called for industry development as he joined Filipino exporters in raising alarm on the need for breakthroughs amid the country’s slow export performance versus its competitors in the region. In a keynote address during the 2022 National Export...
The United States and the Philippines will launch an agreement that will eventually serve as a legal basis for US' exports of nuclear equipment and material to the country. This is just one of the initiatives that US Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to launch during her trip to the country,...
UNITED NATIONS -- Under the Black Sea Initiative, 12 vessels have been authorized to depart the Ukrainian ports, a United Nations official coordinating the grain export deal said on Wednesday. A vessel in the second caravan of ships transporting grain from Ukraine passes through the Bosphorus...
The Philippines lags behind its ASEAN neighbors in terms of agriculture, and this includes agricultural exports. At the second Philippine Chamber of Food and Agriculture Inc. roundtable, Philip Young, president of Global Food Solutions, an exported of ube, cassava, and kamote, among others and Ram...
Another Mekeni food product will be available in the US market soon as Mekeni Food Corporation announced that they are bringing their well-loved tocino through Island Pacific Supermarket. Mekeni President, Prudencio Garcia, said that this new development in their world-market journey is a testament...
Beijing-led Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM) indicated higher returns to bankroll the Duterte administration’s three big-ticket railways projects, former Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said. Dominguez, who served as former President Duterte’s chief economic manager, explained that...
The Export Import Bank of Korea-Economic Development and Cooperation Fund (KEXIM-EDCF) has sealed a loan to the Philippines to finance the engineering services for the Panay-Guimaras-Negros Island bridges project. In a statement, the Department of Finance (DOF) said that the Philippines and Korea...
Dreaded by some for its sticky syrupy feel, okra's daily oversupply in local markets has recently led to new products and discoveries that make great use of its notorious viscous property. Okra (photo from Pixabay) Banaba milk tea and toothpaste with calamansi seed oil are some of the new results...
Presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. has vowed to pursue the construction of the proposed bridge that would link Iloilo, Guimaras and Negros Occidental should he win the presidency in the May 2022 elections. Marcos made the promise during the UniTeam’s political rally at...
PROMDI presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao has vowed to further develop the balut and salted egg industries in Pateros so that they may become world-class export products of the Philippines. Senator Manny Pacquiao and wife, Jinky, receives 'balut' and red egg from Mayor Ike Ponce during...
The Department of Energy (DOE) should ensure there is ample coal supply and prevent an increase in the prices of coal following the Indonesian government’s decision to ban its coal exports this month. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the ban is a cause of concern as most power plants in the...
