After making huge gains last week, investors are seen to test the stock market’s strength this week amid concern over the new COVID-19 variant on one side and vaccine roll-out news and the passage of the corporate recovery bill on the other. “Next week, the local market is seen to move sideways...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will not withdraw its proposal for tariff reduction on pork and rice imports despite the growing number of groups – including farmers, raisers, advocates – opposing such a move. When asked if he will consider the possibility of withdrawing DA’s proposal,...
Amendments to the data privacy law in the Philippines to address compliance and accountability of organizations will help ensure protection of personal data amid an expected worsening of breaches as more employees work remotely. According to Kevin Shepherdson, CEO and founder of Straits...
The Philippine government has released a revised set of water discharge protocols for Magat Dam, one of the biggest dams in Asia, to avoid a repeat of unprecedented flooding that drowned Cagayan province during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses last year. It was last week, during the congressional...
The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) has given its blessings to Ramon “Tats” Suzara for being elected as president of the newly formed Philippine National Volleyball Federation Inc. (PNVFI). In a letter dated Jan. 28, AVC President Rita Subowo congratulated Suzara’s election and looked...
A pending legislative measure is seeking to refocus the investment mandate of state-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) into exploration and production (E&P) ventures in the oil and gas sector, and for it to transform itself as a global champion in that industry similar to the...
Listed AgriNurture Inc. (ANI), the agribusiness firm chaired by businessman Antonio Tiu, has secured a partnership with Unified Bagobo-Tagabawa Tribe (UBTT) to plant rice and corn in up to 38,000 hectares of ancestral lands in Davao. ANI and UBTT signed the partnership agreement with...
Inside the newly refurbished Metropolitan Theater JUST A THOUGHT: Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.Roald Dahl XX GOOD NEWS: New Year 2021 may have roared with a blast, killing two persons smothered in gasoline in a bus blaze in Quezon City, and leaving a...
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) granted provisional recognition to the Philippine National Volleyball Federation Inc. (PNVFI) as the national association of the sport. Majority of national sports association heads that attended the General Assembly on Wednesday voted for the decision, which...
President Rodrigo Duterte formally opened the 2021 National Sports Summit during the virtual rites Wednesday. In a recorded video message, Pres. Duterte stressed the importance of sports in coping with the pandemic. “This online sports lecture-forum is indeed timely as we turn to sports as a...
The Philippine National Volleyball Federation Inc. plans to set up 10 to 12 commissions to tackle every program in its association following Monday’s election of officers. Newly elected president Ramon “Tats” Suzara said his first mandate is to have all stakeholders across the country join in...
An aquaculture firm is now awaiting the approval of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) for its unsolicited proposal to breed and harvest fish and other seafood products in Pantabangan Dam, one of the largest dams in Asia. This, while the advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan started pushing for...
