LandBank gives DAR 354,783 hectares for agrarian reform beneficiaries
MANILA - The Land Bank of the Philippines on
Thursday said it gave the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) 208,895
Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (CLOAs)...
Duterte: Buying rice produced by local farmers should be prioritized
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is hoping
to get a “happy” compromise with farmers amid concerns that the influx of
imported rice will hurt the local...
Duterte enacts measure on higher tobacco taxes
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed
into law the measure increasing the excise tax on tobacco products, Malacañang
said Thursday.
Executive
Secretary Salvador Medialdea said Duterte enacted...
Dominguez defends LandBank after Duterte hits lender
MANILA - Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez
defended state-owned Land Bank on Tuesday and said the lender was working to
finance projects in agriculture.
President Rodrigo
Duterte criticized Land...
Duterte open to lifting moratorium on new casinos
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is open to
lifting the ban on the entry of new casinos, Malacañang said on Thursday, after
the Chief Executive recently...
IMF official: PH economy to remain robust
MANILA – IMF (International
Monetary Fund) Resident Representative to the Philippines Yongzheng Yang said
the lender’s 2019 growth forecast for the Philippines, which was slashed by...
ECOP welcomes veto of security of tenure bill
MANILA - The Employers’ Confederation of the
Philippines (ECOP) on Friday cheered President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto of the
Security of Tenure bill.
“We’re very glad
that Malacañang has...
Solon briefly held at NAIA over ‘bomb’ statement – PAL
MANILA - A party-list lawmaker was briefly
held at the Philippine capital’s main airport for saying that there was a
“bomb” in his check-in luggage, Philippine...
‘Build, Build, Build’ at halfway point – DPWH chief Villar
MANILA - Public Works secretary Mark Villar
said on Wednesday that the Duterte administration’s flagship infrastructure
program is at its halfway point, but admitted some projects...
DOF urges LandBank to work closely with the central bank, DAR
MANILA - The Land Bank of the Philippines
needs to work closely with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Department of
Agrarian Reform to address the...