SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation, the energy investment arm of San Miguel Corporation and Aboitiz Power Corporation, were among the big-ticket players in the power industry that submitted offers in the competitive selection process (CSP) carried out by Manila Electric Company (Meralco) for its...
Hit by calamities in 2020 A “perfect storm” – comprised of a series of typhoons, COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, the persistence of African Swine Fever (ASF), among other unfortunate scenarios – has challenged the agriculture sector in 2020, bringing down the total full-year output at -1.2...
The country’s trade deficit was slashed by almost half last year after global demand for goods weakened amid the coronavirus-induced recession, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The gap in the trade balance, or the difference between the value of export and...
House Deputy Speaker and NorthPort Batang Pier team owner Mikee Romero makes a rare appearance as special guest of the weekly Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) webcast Forum on Tuesday. Romero, who represents the 1-Pacman party-list in the House of Representatives, is expected to talk...
Amid shortage of pork, chicken supply With African Swine Fever (ASF) still killing hogs and poultry raisers cutting on production after a bad case of an oversupply, the next best and affordable protein source of Filipinos might be eggs, which are in abundant supply. United Broiler Raisers...
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) National Training Director Marc Velasco and Karate Pilipinas Inc. President Richard Lim share the spotlight in Tuesday’s session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) webcast Forum. Velasco will give his inputs about the bubble training being done by...
Officials of the Philippine Amateur Baseball Association (PABA) discuss its coming campaigns and programs for the year 2021 in Tuesday’s online edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum. PABA Vice President Boy Tingzon joins Secretary General Pepe Munoz as they talk about...
The country’s trade deficit narrowed to its lowest level in five-months after exports accelerated while imports further contracted in November last year, data from the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The gap in the trade balance, or the difference between the value...
Year-Ender Agriculture Secretary William Dar (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines' agriculture sector has survived a volcano eruption that blanketed tons of farm yield with ashes and sustained production within three quarters into the pandemic, but it only took three typhoons to expose its...
THE post-PBA bubble and what’s in store for Season 46 are in the offing Tuesday when the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum holds its final webcast for the year 2020. Commissioner Willie Marcial and President and CEO of Bases Conversion and Development Authority Secretary Vince...
The central bank will print up to 45 million of the national IDs in 2021, almost half of the targeted population, according to a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) official. BSP senior assistant governor and head of the Security Plant Complex (SPC) Dahlia D. Luna said they could produce this much,...
The Philippines may still end up importing 600,000 metric tons (MT) of corn next year despite the government’s new policies limiting the issuance of Sanitary and Phytosanitary import clearances (SPS-IC) on the staple as well as feed wheat. In the latest Global Agricultural Information...
