The opening of School Year (SY) 2025–2026 on Monday, June 16, unfolded mostly without major hitches across the country, according to Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara, who credited improved coordination and prompt responses to local issues. However, teachers’ groups—while...
Prior to moving to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), former Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla said that the country’s energy situation has somehow improved under his wing, even as other problems have yet to find their solutions. During his final press briefing as...
The Philippines is expected to import less wheat in the upcoming market year as demand for animal feed weakens, reversing an initial forecast of increased uptake, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In its “Grain: World Markets and Trade report, the USDA’s Foreign...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said that it is withholding the issuance of a Certificate of Conformity (COC) to the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) until it receives aligned findings from both the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). Energy Assistant...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) in Negros Occidental has projected 325,500 students in 576 public schools in the province this school year, an increase of 1,500 enrollees, surpassing last year’s record of 324,000. Ian Arnold Arnaez, spokesperson for the Negros Occidental...
The Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP), the country’s premier organization of business journalists, announced it will hold its annual Infrastructure Forum on Monday, June 16, at the Fairmont Hotel in Makati City. The forum, themed “Government Infrastructure Program:...
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph G. Recto has ordered the swift implementation of the value-added tax (VAT) exemption on the expanded list of medicines for cancer, diabetes, and hypertension. Recto, President Marcos’ chief economic manager, has addressed this mandate to the Bureau of...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said that the resumption of the biodiesel blend increase will be under evaluation by the National Biofuels Board (NBB), following the suspension of the blend over tight supply and higher costs of coconut oil. In a briefing on Friday, June 13, Energy Undersecretary...
Minimum wage earners can now take advantage of the government’s ₱20-per-kilo subsidized rice following its rollout in Manila led by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel and Labor Secretary Bienvenido...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said it has signed a registration agreement with agricultural products supplier Superseed Agriculture Corp. (SAC) for the company’s manufacturing facility in Laguna. The agreement, which recognized SAC as an ecozone domestic market enterprise, was...
Las Pinas City Mayor-elect April Aguilar led the signing of the pledge of commitment to quality education and to fully equip public schools to address the needs of learners and their teachers. Aguilar issued the commitment during the “Brigada Eskwela: Sama-sanm para sa Bayang Bumabasa” kick-off...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is in support of a recommendation from a House of Representatives panel to revert the rice tariff rate from 15 percent to 35 percent—on the condition that this will be implemented gradually. During the final hearing of the House quinta committee on Wednesday,...
