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As a result of the government’s decision to regulate the issuance of import permits on rice, the Philippines will now end the year with slightly lower imports of the staple. Despite this, the country is still poised to retain its status as the world’s top rice importer. In its latest report on...

The Philippines and Hungary signed three memorandum of understanding and agreed to push further bilateral economic relations with targeted sectors for cooperation, particularly startups, at the recent Second Session of the Philippine-Hungarian Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation held in Makati...

Typhoon Ulysses’ damage and losses to the agriculture sector grew to P12.8 billion, from the previously reported P4 billion, due to production losses at farm commodities like rice, corn, high-value crops, among others. This is according to Department of Agriculture (DA) Spokesperson Noel Reyes,...