E-Cigarettes The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will start affixing tax stamps on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTP) to ensure tax compliance among manufacturers of these alternatives to traditional smoking. Based on BIR Revenue Regulations No. 28 dated Sept. 10, 2021, the the...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intensified the operation against meat and meat products without import permits to protect the local industry. photo: BOC In a statement, the BOC said the the intensified campaign is also to prevent the entry of meat products that may contain diseases. Since...
Del Monte Philippines, Inc. (DMPI), a subsidiary of Del Monte Pacific Limited, is diversifying into the dairy business after forging a strategic alliance with Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, DMPI said it has entered into a joint venture with...
The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) is conducting a research program seeking to explore potential sources of fragrances and flavors from the country’s forest. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de...
Manila Bulletin Lifestyle health columnist Dr. Kaycee Reyes has just launched an organic food brand that hits the pause button on everyday stress Dr. Kaycee Reyes, well aging and preventive medicine expert. She completed her Master of Science in Preventive and Regenerative Medicine at Dresden...
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) has launched a “bayanihan” initiative wherein the products of science and technology (S&T) programs by state universities and colleges...
Affection8 Consumer Goods Trading became the country’s first online cosmetic store to pre-commercialize the Department of Science and Technology- Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) halal cosmetic products. Online cosmetic store Affection8 Consumer Goods Trading, through its...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) team up with Atkins Import and Export Resources Inc., and MyOwn Group of Companies to provide consumers access to low-cost frozen meat products amid the community quarantine, cheaper by at least P20.00 than Atkins and...
The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) ready-to-eat (RTE) food and ready-to-drink technologies are open for adoption and commercialization. (Photo from DOST) A total of 17 RTE and RTD technologies developed by the DOST-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI), and DOST-...
From left: Michael Agmata, Angeline Quinto, and Armie Agmata Every word of Angeline Quinto’s song “Patuloy ng Pangarap” served as a motivation and inspiration to Armie Rosale Agmata, CEO of Ayesha’s Beauty Products (ABP), as she put up her own beauty line with nothing but a small capital...
More local entrepreneurs are producing the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute’s (DOST-FPRDI) bamboo-framed face shields. The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) develops in 2020...
The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) is jointly implementing a project with the Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to develop and field test its ready-to-eat products as food rations for men in uniform during combat...
