Despite the apprehensions of some sectors and economists, the implementation of the price ceiling imposed on the country’s staple grain is “going as well as we can expect,” President Marcos claimed on Tuesday, Sept. 12. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting with the...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-6 has launched a campaign to make Western Visayas the capital for Healthcare Information Management Service (HIMS). “Let us continue to collaborate and make Region 6 as an innovative and digitally-enabled region – as HIMS capital of the...
Sen. Robin Padilla on Monday, Sept. 11 pushed for clearer regulations on Halal certification amid the confusion brought by having two different agencies involved in the certification and accreditation. Sen. Robin Padilla presides over the Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) convened on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 to finalize the initial list of small rice retailers who may qualify for government cash assistance under the Sustainable Livelihood Program. (Photo courtesy of...
The Philippines and South Korea have signed a free-trade agreement (FTA) that will scrap tariffs on Korean-made cars, green cars and auto parts as well on fishery and agricultural products that the country will be importing. This came after Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary...
A rice vendor at Paco Market in Manila says regular milled rice sold at P41 per kilogram does not sell well due to its unusual appearance. (Arnold Quizol) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Wednesday, Sept. 6 went over the specifics...
Director Emmy Lou Versoze-De, DICT; Usec. Rowel S. Barba; Marichu G. Tellano, NCCA's Deputy Executive Director for Administration and Aupport Services and the Arts; Congressman Christopher "Toff" de Venecia, IPOPHIL; Director Paulo Tugbang, DOT; and Dr. Julius Leano Jr., DOST. The National...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual joined other ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) as they finalized key economic deliverables, discussed free trade deals with UK and Canada and further cooperation with existing partners at the 55th AEM Meeting in Semarang, Indonesia over the...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) now includes rice in their monitoring activities for basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPCs) amid surging prices of rice in the local market despite assurances by the Department of Agriculture (DA) of higher palay output this year. PRICE...
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation of Japan is investing 10 billion yen, approximately P3.9 billion, for the construction of a new cement distribution terminal in Batangas to supply 700,000 tons of cement annually to Luzon, the largest cement market in the country. The Department of Trade and Industry...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has put on hold their decision on the request by canned sardine manufacturers for a price increase in their suggested retail price (SRP) following massive increases in the prices of fuel products in the past couple of weeks. Trade and Industry...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. warned anew rice hoarders and price manipulators in the country amid the reported price increase of rice in the market. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos issued the stern warning as he ordered the Department of Agriculture...
