PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE GUZMAN(First of two parts)Despite the adequate rice supply in the country since the issuance of the 2019 Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), some of us continue to disagree that the RTL was good legislation. The RTL converted rice farmers’ protection from import quantity

1 of 3THE JAPAN FOUNDATION, Manila made dreams come true on Feb. 22 and let an audience at the Shangri-La Plaza experience a night with geiko and maiko (better known here as geisha, but Kyoto, Japan’s cultural capital, speaks a different dialect).A symbol of old

EPLDT.COMPLDT INC., through its data center arm VITRO Inc., has activated graphics processing unit (GPU) servers at VITRO Sta. Rosa to support advanced computing and artificial intelligence applications.“We envision VITRO Sta. Rosa to be the Philippines’ AI (artificial intelligence) hub, forming the first AI ecosystem

WE PRESENT this urgent appeal on behalf of the Philippine Parts Makers Association (PPMA), an organization that has long championed the resilience and growth of the auto parts manufacturing industry in the Philippines. Once a thriving sector, our industry experienced its heyday in the late

BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINASTHE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) is looking to issue guidelines for banks’ and electronic money issuers’ (EMIs) digital marketplace activities, allowing them to offer their own products as well as those from third-party providers via a single platform to better meet

BW FILE PHOTOPHILIPPINE STOCKS may advance this week as market sentiment is expected to get a lift from the country’s removal from dirty money watchdog Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) “gray list” and after the central bank said it would cut banks’ reserve requirement ratios

BW FILE PHOTOTHE PESO may weaken against the dollar this week after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said it will bring down banks’ reserve requirement ratios (RRR) by March.The local unit closed unchanged at P57.94 per dollar on Friday, Bankers Association of the Philippines

THE Board of Investments (BoI) said it has endorsed 167 projects valued at P4.614 trillion to the One-Stop Action Center for Strategic Investments for green-lane treatment as of Feb. 18.Authorized by Executive Order No. 18 in February 2023, green lanes allow expedited processing of permits

RAWPIXELTHE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said the Philippines may avoid the worst of the Trump tariffs because of its small trade surplus with the US as well as its key role in US regional strategy.“Being an important country in the geopolitical strategy of the

PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCASTHE Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued a legal opinion that compensation rules set by development partners for persons displaced by foreign-funded projects apply only if the loan agreement was signed prior to the effectivity of the Right-of-Way Act (Republic Act No. 10752).The

PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE GUZMANTHE Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said it will revise the rules for importing sugar alternatives which will reduce red tape, later facilitated further by the use of an online portal.The streamlining follows consultations with users, which surfaced concerns over bureaucratic inefficiencies. Users