PHILSTAR HOG RAISERS said the industry cannot withstand the volume of pork imports due to arrive based on the volume of approved import clearances. Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines, Inc. President Rolando E. Tambago said the volume of future imports, as indicated by the approved sanitary and phytosanitary import clearances (SPSICs) in the eight […]Read More

THE PESO could strengthen versus the greenback this week due to likely improvement in manufacturing data. The local unit closed at P50.65 per dollar on Friday, weaker by 31 centavos from its P50.34 finish on Thursday, based on data from the Bankers Association of the Philippines. It also shed 70 centavos versus its close of […]Read More

SUBSIDIES extended to government-owned firms rose 747% year on year to P42.35 billion in August, led by the increased budgetary support provided to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported. The BTr said government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) subsidies were also much higher compared with the P6.08 billion recorded […]Read More

THE MANDATORY registration of mobile SIM cards proposed by legislators is not enough to eradicate text fraud and phishing attacks, an information technology expert said Tuesday. Edmund Ray O. Milanes, head of Nexus Technologies, Inc.’s Managed Services Group, said that the provisions of Senate Bill 2395 or the proposed SIM Card Registration Act “will reduce […]Read More

THE GOVERNMENT needs to consider allowing coal-fired power plants to “co-fire” using biomass fuel, which a renewables industry official said carries the potential to reduce emissions and decarbonize the industry. “(The government should) introduce co-firing in coal plants as a strategy to decarbonize the economy. This is practiced in developed economies… Japan and South Korea […]Read More

PHILSTAR GOVERNMENT AUDITORS told the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to immediately return P24.056 million originally allocated to help Angat Dam better withstand earthquakes. In its 2020 audit report, the Commission on Audit (CoA) said the MWSS is still holding on to unutilized funds worth P23.75 million meant for the Angat Dam Dyke Strengthening […]Read More

Social media spawned the rise of popular and highly followed content creators — ordinary individuals outside of show business who become celebrities overnight by creating viral content through their digital platforms. Realizing the advertising potential of these content providers, also known as “social media influencers,” more and more companies partner with them to spread and […]Read More

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS CORONAVIRUS infections in the Philippine capital and nearby cities have been declining, but the region remained at high risk from the virus, researchers from the country’s premier university said on Sunday. Metro Manila’s positivity rate in the past seven days was 19%, which is considered high, the OCTA Research Group said, […]Read More

Some of the about 220 Chinese vessels reported by the Philippine Coast Guard, and believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel, are pictured at Whitsun Reef, South China Sea, March 7, 2021. — PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD/NATIONAL TASK FORCE-WEST PHILIPPINE SEA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS By Alyssa Nicole O. Tan THE PHILIPPINES under President Rodrigo R. […]Read More

BW FILE PHOTO AN OFFICIAL of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. who was offered protection by the Senate last week could no longer be reached on her mobile phone, according to the blue ribbon committee chairman. “Pharmally Pharmaceutical official Krizle Mago can no longer be contacted by the Senate blue ribbon committee,” Senator Richard J. Gordon, Jr. […]Read More