Market vendors, truck drivers, helpers, pedicab drivers, and porters from Northern Luzon, Central Luzon and Southern Luzon have been inoculated against COVID-19 in Manila on Sunday night. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Manila city government has started the...
The city government of Navotas City will allow public markets, grocery stores, and talipapas to operate every Monday. The city has lifted the order of Monday closure for the disinfection of the said establishments. Mayor Toby Tiangco signed Executive Order 139, Series of 2021, allowing public...
The government is not pleased with the latest round of price increase of petroleum products during the coronavirus pandemic but appeared helpless in preventing the spike. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque acknowledged that oil prices are driven by world...
Transportation time and expenses for the delivery of farm produce to local markets in Quezon, Bukidnon is expected to be reduced after a farm-to-market road was completed in the area. AGRI BOOST--A P12.9-million agricultural road was recently completed in Barangay Butong, Quezon in Bukidnon to...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has eased the “market presence” requirement for farm machinery manufacturers and distributors so that more of them could participate in government biddings. (Photo courtesy of the DA) From the previous 25 to 30-year market presence requirement, the agency has...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking to open up the Philippine agricultural market to Egyptian consumers, thus giving way to more investment opportunities that would be beneficial to both countries. PH-EGYPT MARKET ACCESS--Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar and new Egyptian...
The Duterte administration has raised its domestic borrowing program next month as the government plans to hold a weekly auction of long-term IOUs, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. According to an online advisory released on today, May 26, the Treasury indicated that the national...
The reforms initiated by the government to deepen the local capital markets will ensure the economy to emerge stronger and more resilient in the aftermath of the prolonged pandemic, the Duterte administration’s chief economic manager said. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the proposed...
Transportation costs for crops will be drastically reduced once the 4.9-kilometer agricultural road carved atop the mountainous municipality of Banaue in Ifugao is completed, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. CARVED OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN-- The 4.9-kilometer Viewpoint-San Fernando...
Small local investors were still the main movers of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in the first-quarter this year, which the Department of Finance (DOF) attributed to the trust and confidence of the public in the regulatory institutions. Screen Shot 2021-05-24 at 2.46.56 PM Based on a report...
Gov't forces took back a public market stormed by armed men belonging to Islamic State (IS)-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao on Saturday morning, May 8. Lt. Col. JP Baldomar, spokesperson of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Central, said troops from the 6th...
The domestic bond market is expected to sustain its growth this year driven by government debt issuances to fund its huge expenditures amid falling revenues and the return of companies in the bond market. Jean De Castro, head of the Fixed Income of Manulife Asset Management and Trust...
