Two container vans containing P40 million worth of smuggled poultry products were seized at the Subic Port, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Monday, March 13. In a statement, the agriculture department said the containers were consigned to the Abucayan Business and Trade. The DA said...
A non-profit organization believes that the government should amend the tax incentives for electric vehicles as it 'lacks inclusivity.' According to Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship Secretary General Felix Jose Vitangcol, there seems to be a problem in the EO since only a limited...
Close to 1,500 cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases were logged last January, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Based on the latest DOH data, a total of 1,454 HIV cases were recorded in January. The average cases per day in the said month was at 46. Thirty-nine deaths due to HIV...
The Philippine government is set to send $200,000 in financial donations to the Syrian Arab Republic following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria and killed over 55,000 people last month. In a Facebook post, the Presidential Communications Office said the donation would be...
There is a “slight” increase in the number of rabies cases this year, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. A total of 55 rabies cases were already recorded as of Feb. 25. This is eight percent higher than the 51 cases logged during the same period last year, said DOH-Epidemiology...
International think-tank and research organization Stratbase ADR Institute believes that electric motorcycles' inclusion in tariff reductions under Executive Order No. 12 would be beneficial to the public. (Photo courtesy of DOST-PCIEERD) Under EO12, several types of EVs have received tariff...
Billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink operated by SpaceX is now in the Philippines, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed on Friday, Feb. 24, calling it a “game changer” in terms of enabling better internet connectivity, especially in remote areas. ...
Three students from the Philippine Science High School - Main Campus (PSHS-MC) got their research [project recognized in the recently concluded Thailand International Science Fair 2023 in Mahidol Wittayanusorn School Michael Jeffrey D. Real, Sidney Lance C. Fernando, and Marco Raphael S....
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported the detection of 56 new cases of Omicron subvariants of the Covid-19 virus. Of the 56, the DOH said that 28 were tagged as BA.2.3.20, 16 were classified as XBB, two cases each of BQ.1 and XBC, and eight were other omicron sublineages. The 28 omicron...
Senator Imee Marcos has no interest or plans in becoming the Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary. Marcos, elder sister of President Marcos, however, thanked those who endorsed her but emphasized that she was voted as senator where she could help the agriculture sector through legislation and...
The Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) would be the alternative source of government financing once the Philippines becomes an upper-middle income economy, which disqualifies the country from less expensive development loans, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Feb. 13 a total of 1,101 new Covid-19 cases were recorded during the past week. DOH/MB In its weekly case bulletin, DOH said that the daily average cases are currently at 157 which is 9 percent higher than the cases on Jan. 30 to Feb. 5. DOH...
