REUTERSCHICKEN production in the three months to June rose 8.2%, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported, reflecting the switch to other meats due to high pork prices.Chicken produced in the second quarter amounted to 563.04 thousand metric tons (MT).In 2023 and 2024, chicken production rose

Better-tasting rice to be cultivated in next planting - BusinessWorld Online                                    PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCASTHE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will encourage the cultivation of high-yielding

COMMONS.WIKIMEDIA.ORGTHE Tariff Commission (TC) said anti-dumping duties will continue to be imposed on imports of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) Type 1 and blended cement Type 1P from Vietnam.“There is a need for the continued imposition of anti-dumping duty to protect the domestic cement industry against

ABOITIZ INFRACAPITAL,INC.ABOITIZ INFRACAPITAL (AIC) Economic Estates said it is exploring ways to leverage assets in the Visayas and Mindanao, particularly around airports managed by the group.Monica Lorenzana Trajano, vice-president and head of commercial strategy at AIC Economic Estates, said, that the group remains heavily exposed

FPIP.COMTHE overextraction of groundwater due to rising demand is heightening environmental and business risks, First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) said.“Water demand continues to rise as the population grows and industries expand,” according to Jeremaine S. Valdes-Esguerra, head of FPIP’s water division, in a statement on

SCREENGRAB FROM PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD FB PAGEBy Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, ReporterA PHILIPPINE senator has urged the government to pursue legal and diplomatic measures against China for what she described as ecologically destructive activities in the South China Sea, which she said have inflicted massive

PCOOTHE PHILIPPINES on Thursday said it had not received a formal request from Washington for the extradition of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo C. Quiboloy, who is facing multiple criminal cases in the Philippines and the US.Justice spokesman Jose Dominic F. Clavano IV

BW FILE PHOTOARMED CLASHES in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) could destabilize the region’s first parliamentary elections, amid delays in disarming former combatants and intensifying political rivalries, according to Climate Conflict Action Asia (CCAA).Boto Bangsamoro, the group’s election monitoring arm, reported a

BW FILE PHOTOA PHILIPPINE congressman on Thursday urged the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to release a variance report comparing the House of Representatives-approved version of the 2025 budget and the enacted law to determine the source of alleged insertions.Manila Rep. Rolando M. Valeriano

Smuggled farm products destroyed - BusinessWorld Online                                    BW FILE PHOTOTHE Bureau of Customs (BoC) said it had disposed of five containers of smuggled agricultural products through

DPWHA MEASURE requiring round-the-clock construction of the government’s flagship infrastructure projects has been filed in the Senate to accelerate delivery and minimize costly delays.Senate Bill No. 797, filed on Aug. 4 by Senator Loren Regina B. Legarda, proposes that projects classified as flagship, cleared by

12-year-old girl dies in grenade blast - BusinessWorld Online                                    PHILIPPINE STAR/JOHN FELIX M. UNSONCOTABATO CITY — A 12-year-old girl was killed in a grenade explosion in