John Tria #MINDANAO As the year begins, we need vital economic reforms that can boost our resilience and competitiveness. Lower taxes, infrastructure improvements, and continuous efforts to modernize agribusiness and encourage investments in minerals and manufacturing will help drive recovery and...
An expo showcasing various products made of bamboo will be staged in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon province this year. In a statement, Mindanao Development Authority (MindDA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the Mindanao Bamboo Expo 2021 "will be one of the major activities to be undertaken following...
RCL’s M/V PIRA BHUM during its maiden call at MCT on December 19, 2020. Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) just launched a Regional Container Line (RCL) South Philippines 6 (RSP6) service linking Visayas and Mindanao to Asia and the Middle East via Singapore in a "product super highway." Launched...
#MINDANAO John Tria As I write this and we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, and the Christmas decor starts getting packed away, we are brought back to thoughts of the year that just passed. Yes, 2020. I know many of you have strong sentiments about the past year. Nonetheless, our...
By Ruel Kenneth Felices Cacao has been in the history of the Philippines for many years. But it is only recently that the country has reawakened as a potential source for high-quality cacao. The cacao industry in the Philippines is now having its moment in the limelight but faced with the...
The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) will initiate the organization of the Mindanao Bamboo Industry Development Council next year to push the Green Mindanao Project, which promotes environment-friendly agricultural production. In a statement, MinDA Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said that the...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has completed and energized the 230-kilovolt Toril-Bunawan transmission line, which forms the final loop of the P7.09 billion Mindanao backbone project. With the project’s completion, the company noted that “this will secure...
A lady farmer who is a migrant from the Cordilleras and a graduate of Agronomy were recognized on Saturday as the Cabbage Queen and Carrot King during the culmination event of the first-ever Mindanao Vegetable Derby held in Miarayon, Talakag, Bukidnon province Saturday. In his Facebook post,...
One of Mindanao’s oldest agricultural companies established in the 1900s by American Thomasites, and two municipalities in Lanao del Sur were connected to the banking network for the first time. This was bared by Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol in a statement....
Brillante Mendoza 's award-winning movie Mindanao has been selected as the Philippines' official entry to the 93rd edition of the Academy Awards, famously known as the Oscars, under the International Feature Film category. The news was announced by the Film Academy of the Philippines through a...
"Mindanao," a drama about a mother who takes care of her dying child while her soldier-husband fights rebel forces down south, has been selected as the Philippines entry to the Best International Feature Film Category of the 93rd Oscar Awards in the US. The Film Academy of the...
A retiree in General Santos named Rosana Sacay, 64, a mother of three, has converted about 20sqm of her 187 sqm home into an indoor garden. The front veranda and back area of the home, as per Sacay, “were converted into a sort of display area for all potted plants.” Her love for plants...
