With the prolonged pandemic, office space vacancy in Metro Manila is now projected to worsen to over 15 percent this year from original forecast of 12.5 percent, while rental rates are falling 20 percent off as land values remained flat. The virtual Q2 2021 Philippine Property Market Briefing of...
A modern fish market that will give smallholder farmers and fisherfolk in the metropolis access to the facilities needed to boost their livelihood will be built in Taguig City. MODERN FISH MARKET -- Once completed, this is what the modern fish market inside the agri-industrial hub in Taguig City...
See the best meals and fashions Filipino artisans have to offer Photo from Katutubo Pop-Up Market In our pre-pandemic times, the weekend after you received your hard earned cash calls for a trip out of town, maybe a little splurging on designer goods, and a heap serving of good food, whether...
Estimated new office demand of 300,000 square meters is expected to boost total office space requirement to 600,000 sqm this year with the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector spurring the growth. Leechiu Property Consultants, which is known for its optimistic property projections, said that...
The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) has forged partnership with the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman for the bench-scale production, safety assessment and market research of halal cosmetics and toiletries. (PIXABY) DOST...
Market vendors, truck drivers, helpers, pedicab drivers, and porters from Northern Luzon, Central Luzon and Southern Luzon have been inoculated against COVID-19 in Manila on Sunday night. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Manila city government has started the...
The city government of Navotas City will allow public markets, grocery stores, and talipapas to operate every Monday. The city has lifted the order of Monday closure for the disinfection of the said establishments. Mayor Toby Tiangco signed Executive Order 139, Series of 2021, allowing public...
The government is not pleased with the latest round of price increase of petroleum products during the coronavirus pandemic but appeared helpless in preventing the spike. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque acknowledged that oil prices are driven by world...
Transportation time and expenses for the delivery of farm produce to local markets in Quezon, Bukidnon is expected to be reduced after a farm-to-market road was completed in the area. AGRI BOOST--A P12.9-million agricultural road was recently completed in Barangay Butong, Quezon in Bukidnon to...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has eased the “market presence” requirement for farm machinery manufacturers and distributors so that more of them could participate in government biddings. (Photo courtesy of the DA) From the previous 25 to 30-year market presence requirement, the agency has...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking to open up the Philippine agricultural market to Egyptian consumers, thus giving way to more investment opportunities that would be beneficial to both countries. PH-EGYPT MARKET ACCESS--Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar and new Egyptian...
The Duterte administration has raised its domestic borrowing program next month as the government plans to hold a weekly auction of long-term IOUs, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. According to an online advisory released on today, May 26, the Treasury indicated that the national...
