A netizen recently exposed a good deed done by online content creator Erwan Heussaff. The Twitter user shared that Anne Curtis' husband "silently supported a cause" donating $2000 to Community Pantry PH fund drive. https://twitter.com/juswatiyan/status/1384903405773205510 Community Pantry PH...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is planning on putting up an electronic or e-money protection fund in case the bank or non-bank holding the e-money has liquidity issues. The BSP is currently studying the e-money fund protection scheme and is expected to soon release findings and...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has barred state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) from passing on new universal charges (UC) for stranded debts (SD) and stranded contract costs (SCC) even with the latter’s contention that the Malampaya fund or...
Farmers want representation in the Coco Levy’s Trust Fund Management Committee, which is the legally mandated committee tasked to decide on the disposition of the P100-billion worth of coco levy fund and assets. In a statement, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) called on the Duterte...
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) will be needing additional personnel to fulfill its role in the newly passed Republic Act (RA) 11524, also known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act or Coco Levy Act. ...
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) already started the mass registration of coconut farmers to update the National Coconut Farmers Registry System (NCFRS), which, once completed, will serve as the government’s master list of beneficiaries for the P100-billion coco levy fund. Bantay...
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund), said that a multi-country survey showed that Russia is the “most trusted vaccine producer” alongside the US, with its Sputnik V as the most recognizable vaccine. In its statement, RDIF based this claim from the...
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Administrator Benjamin Madrigal assured that the farmers’ representatives that will join the reconstituted PCA Board will be selected solely by farmers without the influence of the government. In a phone interview with Business Bulletin, Madrigal assured...
Nearly three weeks since the Coco Levy Act or Republic Act (RA) 11524 was passed, the reconstituted board of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has met for the first time to discuss the important things that need to be addressed prior to the actual release of the P100-billion coco levy fund....
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) carried out the re-seeding of 11 giant clams in Surigao City on Thursday, March 11. In a statement, the PCG said its personnel from District North Eastern Mindanao conducted the re-seeding of the giant clams in the waters off of Punta Bilar Fish Sanctuary. The Punta...
Some 400 mangrove seedlings were planted by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) members in Sorsogon City as a way to sustain local fishery and help stabilize the coastline. Through the marine environmental protection initiative of the PCG Auxiliary 904th Squadron, the mangrove seedlings were planted in...
(Editor's Note: This is a column written by CREBA National Chairman Charlie A.V. Gorayeb) Pressed by the urgent need to stimulate the national economy toward full post-COVID recovery, the country’s largest organization of real estate and housing industry players is pushing for the passage of...
