PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASTHE new suggested retail price (SRP) for sugar has not yet been set pending the completion of consultations, though the Department of Agriculture (DA) cited a possible range of P85-90 per kilogram.“Pagdating sa presyo, hindi pa po tayo naglalabas ng SRP sa

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASPRIVATE hospitals need to be deputized to procure and administer the new class of bivalent vaccines for recipients deemed non-priority who are willing to pay, according to Presidential Adviser Jose Maria A. Concepcion III.Mr. Concepion, the Go Negosyo founder who is also

MARINA FACEBOOK PAGETHE Transportation department said on Thursday that European ship operators continue to hire seafarers from the Philippines even amid concerns raised about their standard of training.“In one of the Cabinet meetings a few weeks ago, it was reported to the President that there

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMANTHE wearing of face masks in private workplaces is now voluntary in the wake of Executive Order (EO) No. 7, issued last month by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) confirmed, adding however that the

A wide variety of fish at the Marikina Public Market. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ WALTER BOLLOZOSGROWTH will likely slow as the Philippines grapples with rising prices, the peso’s depreciation, and a broader slowdown in other economies, according to an economist.“Domestically we are facing the triple

ABOUT half of all approved large-scale mining contracts and 87% of logging projects are within or are in close proximity to registered ancestral domains, according to a study by the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC).The LRC reported in its 2022 State of the

ABOUT half of all approved large-scale mining contracts and 87% of logging projects are within or are in close proximity to registered ancestral domains, according to a study by the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC).The LRC reported in its 2022 State of the

PHILIPPINE STAR/ EDD GUMBANABOUT 80% of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) deployed to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) expressed interest in placing investments in the Philippines within the next 12 months, with property the preferred repository for their excess funds, according to the results of a

PHILIPPINE STAR/ EDD GUMBANABOUT 80% of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) deployed to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) expressed interest in placing investments in the Philippines within the next 12 months, with property the preferred repository for their excess funds, according to the results of a

PHILIPPINE STAR/ ERNIE PENAREDONDOTHE PHILIPPINES remained the seventh worst country in the world where journalist killers get away with murder, according to a report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).The country, where 85 Filipino journalists were killed between 1992 and 2022, had 14 unsolved

OCEANA.ORGA CONGRESSMAN has filed a bill that seeks to classify a large part of the Philippine Rise, a vast undersea region east of Luzon, as a protected area where unsustainable fishing will be banned.House Bill 5687 will ensure high biodiversity and near pristine habitats at

PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD FACEBOOK PAGETHE GOVERNMENT has sent a 28-man team to two provinces in the Mindanao region in southern Philippines to help fix logistics problems, as the death toll from Typhoon Nalgae (Paeng) reached 150. “The team will set up water purifiers in various