The Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) instructed their foreign ministers to hold meetings with China and the United States of America (USA) as soon as possible to enhance their ties with external partners. The ASEAN leaders meet at the organization’s secretariat...
Top Philippine and United States (US) brass are engaged in "continuous talks" to discuss what possible actions can be done ahead of July, when the suspension of the Visiting Forces Agreement's (VFA) termination is set to expire. Tnus, bared United States Embassy Charge d'Affaires John Law, who...
Meat prices continued to rise despite the recent 150 percent surge in pork import volume, casting doubt on the government’s recent move to bring down tariffs on imported pork. A customer pays for pork at a roadside market stall in Mandaluyong City, Manila, the Philippines. (Bloomberg file) “The...
The validity of Executive Order (EO) 124, which imposed a price ceiling on pork and chicken in Metro Manila, will end this week, and the government and private sector have two completely different sentiments about its effectiveness. For one, Noel Reyes, the spokesperson of the Department of...
A Board Member of Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) backed the call of some local industry players to scrap the export allocation of the country’s sugar production for the current crop year to the United States. This, as groups like Confederation of Sugar Producers Associations, Inc. (CONFED)...
The Australian Government will invest P630 million over the next six years to support disaster and climate resilience efforts in the Philippines. This is part of its newly signed agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which involves the initiative that will strengthen the...
Britain's first LGBT+ retirement community is to open in London later this year, after securing a multi-million-pound loan from the city's mayor, a housing association announced on Tuesday. "Older Londoners deserve to be able to enjoy their later years in comfort and security, surrounded by a...
Photo from PFL United City will take on China’s Beijing Sinobo Guoan to begin its historic AFC Champions League group stage campaign on April 21 in a centralized venue that will be determined on a later date. The third placer of last season’s Chinese Super League is expected to give the...
When it comes to movies about talking animals, Netflix has a very extensive library. Here are three of the bright spots in their collection By Richard Leo Ramos Pets United In an age of hero-team movies, why not a team movie about our furry friends? That’s what Pets United is about. It follows...
Amid high pork and chicken prices, the Philippine government must now find a way to boost the production of alternative protein sources such as rabbit meat and plant-based food. Based on a study published by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), the high pork prices now, while...
The country’s chicken production went down from October to December of last year but it didn’t result in higher farm-gate prices, the latest data from Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. Based on the PSA data, the country’s total chicken production from October to December 2020 was...
The United States under President Joe Biden has reaffirmed its commitment to its alliance with the Philippines amid the new China law that allows its Coast Guard to attack foreign vessels that would ‘intrude’ in the South China Sea. (AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This comes as two US...
