President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the government is targeting a 97.5-percent rice sufficiency rate for the Philippines in five years as he approved a new agricultural roadmap. *President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy)* Marcos said this following his approval of the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has approved the Masagana Rice Industry Development Program (MRIDP) in a bid to achieve the highest possible rice sufficiency while ensuring the welfare of Filipino farmers. *President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy)* Marcos said this as he led...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has underscored the significance of the House of Representatives' passage of two more Marcos administration priority bills before the sine die adjournment of the first regular session. These...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives gave its final approval on Monday afternoon, May 29 to the measure promoting the development of the Philippine bamboo industry, as embodied in House Bill (HB) No.7941. This, after 282 congressmen voted in favor of HB No.7941 during nominal voting in Monday's...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said an outbreak of hog cholera is threatening the province’s swine industry. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson meets local chief executives and other local officials in an emergency meeting on Animal Biosecurity and Current Hog...
Senators on Wednesday, May 24 expressed their disappointment after officials of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) confirmed earlier claims that most of its profits went to the pockets its stockholders. This was bared by NGCP Assistant Corporate Secretary Ronald Dylan Concepcion...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri on Tuesday, May 23, expressed his support for the sugar industry and the sugar farmers. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the alleged irregularities on sugar importation under Sugar Order...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla on Tuesday, May 23, lamented the decline of the Philippine sugar industry. During the Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearing on the alleged "state-sponsored" smuggling of 440,000 metric tons of sugar last February, Padilla noted that the Philippines exported sugar...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bill that seeks to institutionalize the Shared Service Facilities (SSF) project of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The bill seeks to ensure there is continued funding for the benefit of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has named Go Negosyo Founder Jose Maria "Joey" Concepcion III a member of the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development Council (MSMEDC) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) revealed. *Go Negosyo...
The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce Inc. (FFCCCII), the country’s umbrella organization of Filipino-Chinese business chambers, said they will focus its efforts on promoting tourism between the two countries amid political crisis between US and China that put the Philippines in...
The head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has praised the Philippines for getting positive results in two international evaluations on the state of the country’s maritime sector. (International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Kitack Lim / Courtesy of Maritime Industry...