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...
Palay prices slightly picked up during the first week of November compared to previous weeks, a data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. However, in some areas, prices still fell to as low as P10.71 per kilogram (/kg). During the first week of November, the average farmgate price...
Philippine Tennis Association (Philta) officials assured athletes their participation in individual tournaments would not get affected despite the association’s two-year suspension from the International Tennis Federation (ITF). In Tuesday’s guesting at the Philippine Sportswriters Association...
The impact of the International Tennis Federation’s suspension on the Philippine Tennis Association (Philta) will be discussed in the weekly webcast edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) on Tuesday. To talk about the issue are Philta President Atty. Antonio Cablitas and Vice...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has named Universal Robina Corporation (URC) as the country’s top exporter for the processed food and beverage sector at the National Export Congress held this month. In a statement, URC said it was cited based on the value of its export transactions...
The Philippine Obstacle Sports Federation (POSF) made sure it hurdled the challenges for it to thrive and stay relevant in the country in this time of pandemic. Atty. Al Agra, POSF president, said despite all the limitations that COVID-19 has caused the past nine months, his federation managed to...
A group of agricultural stakeholders has resurrected the call for the creation of a separate Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR), saying that Filipinos’ high protein requirement is already enough reason to justify it. Asis Perez, convenor of Tugon Kabuhayan, said the need to...
A three-part session is in the offing in Tuesday’s webcast edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum. The launching of the PRURide Virtual Challenge, the Pilipinas Obstacle Sports Federation (POSF), and the recent 2nd Professional Sports Summit hosted by the Games and...
