Auro Chocolate is an award-winning Filipino chocolate brand that sources cacao beans from farmers in Davao. The company works directly with five cocoa-producing cooperatives and 50 individual farmers, representing over a thousand families. Read: Empowering local farmers through chocolate Ira...
“Where could we focus our efforts to ensure healthy, fair, and sustainable food systems?,” is the question that speakers from different sectors answered in a webinar that’s part of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 entitled, “#GoodFood4All: Spare a minute, think before you eat.” The...
Everybody has a valuable role to play in agriculture. media Thus, said Cielito F. Habito, former socio-economic planning secretary and a professor from the Ateneo de Manila University during the first day of the 2021 National Food Security Summit (NFSS) organized by the Department of Agriculture...
Amid rising food prices, the ravages of African Swine Fever (ASF), and calls for Secretary William Dar to resign, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will launch the 2021 National Food Security Summit (NFSS) this Tuesday, May 18. DA Secretary William Dar (Photo from DA Facebook page) "We...
JG Summit Holdings, Inc. (JGS), the flagship of the Gokongwei group, reported a consolidated net income of P122 million in the first quarter of 2021 from P1.9 billion in the same period last year. Based on the firm’s disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, earnings were weighed down by...
Several groups have decided to boycott the government’s upcoming National Food Security Summit, which they believe will not be able to address the problems currently hounding the agriculture sector. At the same time, these groups are questioning the line-up of resource speakers in the summit, who...
In a move to encourage more Filipino youth into farming, a two-day agriculture summit will be hosted by the Department of Agriculture (DA) from May 11 to 12. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) "The first-ever 'Youth in Agriculture Summit' is slated as the DA recognizes the power of...
To help ensure the effective administration of COVID-19 vaccines throughout the country, the International Chamber of Commerce Philippines (ICCP), Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have organized a virtual meeting of experts and...
JG Summit Holdings, Inc., the highly-diversified flagship of the Gokongwei group, reported a 98 percent fall in core net income to P450 million last year mainly due to the losses of its airline and petrochemicals businesses during the pandemic. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the...
Find out what they are expecting in this global pandemic CONSCIOUS BEAUTY Consumers nowadays do not simply look at the personal effects of the beauty products but they also check how these will affect the environment The Covid-19 threat to our health has ignited the call for brand transparency and...
The Gokongwei flagship JG Summit Holdings Inc. (JGS) has invested $5 million to acquire a minority stake in Tyme, one of the world’s fastest-growing digital banks based in South Africa. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, JG Summit said Tyme is seeking to explore emerging...
JG Summit Holdings’ wholly-owned subsidiary Data Analytics Ventures, Inc. (DAVI) and NielsenIQ, a global measurement company, have forged a strategic alliance in e-commerce. In a statement, JG Summit said the partnership will provide customized and relevant product offers to Robinsons Rewards...
