Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill seeking the development of satellite-based technologies to improve the country’s Internet access. In filing Senate Bill No. 2250 or the proposed “Satellite-Based Technologies for Internet Connectivity Act of 2021,” Gatchalian said satellite...
The mass registration of coconut farmers who will benefit from the forthcoming release of the P100-billion coco levy fund will be a continuous process. And the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) must issue a formal clarification on this matter to ease the anxiety among farmers who are not yet part...
Even "stars" need to get inoculated from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Actor Joross Gamboa receives his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine during the immunization of movie industry workers at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) headquarters in Makati City on June 11, 2021....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking passage of a measure that would open up the country’s electricity market by lifting the public offering requirement provision in the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or EPIRA Law to lure more generation companies into investing in the Philippines....
Agents from the Bureau of Customs - Port of NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) have seized a total of 2,032 pieces of live ornamental plants for not having the required plant quarantine permit prior to the items' importation. (Photo from the BOC) A statement from BOC-NAIA on Monday, May 24...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, May 25, urged the government to realign unutilized funds under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 to augment the cash assistance to Filipinos to accommodate more beneficiaries still struggling with the effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Sales of the Philippine retailing industry are expected to return to its pre-pandemic level in 2022 yet as the long lockdowns in the country badly affected traditional retailers despite acceleration of e-commerce to an even faster rate in 2020. In the “Top 100 Retailers in Asia 2021” by the...
The private sector welcomed the recent implementation of Department of Agriculture (DA) Administrative Order (AO) No. 11-2021, saying the order waiving pesticide residue analysis fees is a big help to thousands of struggling farmers, exporters and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). In an...
The House Committee on Trade and Industry on Monday, May 24 approved the draft bill on the proposed law that seeks to strengthen the competitiveness of the Philippine motor vehicle manufacturing industry. The panel particularly approved the draft bill on House Bill No. 1833 or the proposed...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Natalie Tan We tend to not pay a lot of attention to salt. Perhaps it’s because we’re an archipelago in the tropics, so sun and seawater, the magic combination that creates salt, is easy to come by. And yet, despite being an archipelago with many different salt making...
Senator Risa Hontiveros urged Malacañang on Wednesday, May 19, to take back the executive order (EO) that lowers tariffs on imported rice, saying this will burden Filipino rice farmers. (Keith Bacongco/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) “I urge Malacañang to recall EO 135. Lowering imported rice...
Unimplementable, discriminatory. That's how a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) official described proposals to require customers to present a "vaccine pass" before they are allowed entry to a business establishment. Essentially, a vaccine pass is proof that the person holding it has received...
