HP, one of the leading computer and printer brands globally, has maintained a positive outlook in the Philippines following strong demand due to work from home arrangements even as it strengthened its services to help in the students' remote learning program of the Department of Education....
Despite the latest warning of the Brazilian government to file legal cases against the Philippine government before the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Department of Agriculture (DA) is determined to keep the disputed import ban on poultry meat coming from the South American country. Department...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is pursuing steps to untangle the legal issues tying down idle mining assets held by the government in an effort to speed up their privatization and revive their operations. ...
In addressing the continuous decline in palay prices, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) is asking the government to follow the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) and impose safeguard duties on rice imports instead of resorting to decisions such as the proposed suspension on the issuance of sanitary...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will not be issuing its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the next three or five years, according to its highest-ranking official. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno. (Bloomberg file photo) When asked if the BSP could come...
Clean energy sources will be ‘green with envy’ as coal fuel sustained its dominance in the country’s power generation mix last year with a share of 54.6 percent, according to Department of Energy (DOE) data presented in the Senate. Coal’s fraction in the power generation pie was followed by...
The Department of Trade and Industry has relaxed effective today, Thursday, the control measures in the operation of malls and commercial centers but with strict compliance to the health and safety protocols. DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez issued Memorandum Order C No. 20-55 on Easing of Control...
Ayala-owned AC Energy Philippines (ACEN) has executed a new subscription agreement with subsidiary Ingrid Power Holdings Inc. for the parent firm to purchase specified number of shares; then the proceeds of that transaction will bankroll the first phase of the latter’s 300-megawatt Pililla...
DA readies cash assistance to farmers The farm-gate price of palay continues to drop during the fourth week of September, with prices in some areas still below the breakeven price farmers had spent for the last planting season. The good news is that the Department of Agriculture (DA) was recently...
Brazil, one of the Philippines major sources of poultry meat and poultry products, has advised the government authorities of its intention to bring to the World Trade Organization its “specific trade concerns” if it cannot immediately and completely revoke the ban on the importation of Brazil...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is incentivizing local enterprises for them to adopt to digital technologies because while majority of enterprises are aware of the need to transform digitally many of them are facing various constraints, particularly the lack of capital. DTI...
The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Task Force on Energy Resiliency (TFER), has mobilized the country’s power firms so probable power interruptions or blackout impact of tropical storm ‘Pepito” could be eased if not totally avoided in various parts of the country. Energy Secretary...
