LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – The world's biggest chocolate makers are failing on promises to improve pay for farmers in major cocoa producer Ghana despite strong profits, charity Oxfam said in a report on Thursday. It said earnings for US companies Hershey, Mars and Mondelez in addition to...
Ali Vicoy | Manila Bulletin Invigorating the local economy Showcasing its commitment to creating a food-secure Philippines, Mega Prime Foods Inc. (MPFI) formally opened its newest manufacturing plant in Batangas, a world-class facility envisioned to play a vital role in ensuring that Mega group’s...
BACOLOD CITY – A company is planning to establish a factory that will produce craft chocolates from a rare variety of locally grown cacao plant in Negros Occidental. CHLOE Doutre Roussel, a cacao and chocolate connoisseur from France, and Ricardo Dominic Lopez, general manager of CY & Sons...
The ‘Triangle of Sadness’ star makes history as the first Filipina to get a Golden Globes nomination Filipino actors are slowly penetrating Hollywood and leading the pack is actress Dolly de Leon. Since her breakthrough performance in Ruben Östlund’s “ Triangle of Sadness ” film, the...
Factory output increased at a much faster pace in November due to strong manufacturing of machinery and equipment, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday, Dec. 6. In its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), the PSA said the country's volume of production...
Local factory activity ended on a positive note last year as both production and new orders expanded for the fourth consecutive month in December along with the marginal upturn in employment, the latest survey from S&P Global revealed. The Philippines’ S&P Global manufacturing purchasing...
British firm Unilever PLC, one of the world’s largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, will start commercial operation this December of its P4.8 billion expansion in the Philippines, which is expected to become one of Unilever PLC’s biggest Personal Care factories globally. BOI...
Factory output sustained its positive annual growth, but at a much slower pace in September this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday, Nov. 8. In its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), the PSA said the country's volume of production index (VoPI)...
Local manufacturing firms reported a further improvement in operating conditions in October, but the growth moved at a much pace due to heightened inflationary pressures as well as costlier factory gate charges. The S&P Global Philippines Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 52.6...
Local manufacturing activity improved in September this year due to increased customer demand that boosted production levels and factory orders. The S&P Global Philippines Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose 52.9 last month from 51.2 in August. “The seasonally adjusted...
TRADE and provincial government officials grace the opening of the Capiz Chocolate Factory in Panit-an, Capiz. (DTI-6) ILOILO CITY – A chocolate factory opened in Capiz Monday, June 20, to boost the cacao industry in Western Visayas or Region 6. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 6...
Do you still remember the garments factory workers who were supporters of former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., before they were met by Vice President Leni Robredo? Vice President Leni Robredo meets supporters of former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a garments factory in Parañaque City on...
