Overseas Filipino workers are assisted by members of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and the Philippine Coast Guard at the arrival lobby of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in Pasay City in this file photo. PHOTO COURTESY ABS-CBN NEWS

More overseas Pinoy professionals want to come back – study

SIXTY-TWO percent of overseas Filipinos are looking to come back home in the next five years, a recruitment firm said Thursday, ct. 19. "This is...
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‘What’s Up, Western Visayas’ unlocks biz opportunities

BY JEN BAYLON ILOILO City – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Iloilo spearheaded yesterday the “What’s Up, Western Visayas” business conference, as...
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Coco sector leaders propose changes in biodiesel additives

COCONUT industry leaders want changes in the amount and kind of additives that are mixed in locally sold diesel fuel to increase the revenues...
Laborers unload rice bags from a supply truck at India's main rice port at Kakinada Anchorage in Andhra Pradesh. India would be supplying 295,000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to the Philippines. REUTERS/RAJENDRA JADHAV PHOTO

India allows rice shipment to PH

INDIA will allow exports of non-basmati white rice to a clutch of countries such as the Philippines – one of the world's biggest importers...
The Philippine Council of Agriculture and Fisheries is hopeful Antique could help supply salt with more people engaging in the production. Photo shows salt sold in a local market in Antique. PNA PHOTO BY ANNABEL CONSUELO J. PETINGLAY

BFAR helps boost salt production in Antique

ANTIQUE – The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), through the Development of Salt Industry Project (DSIP), has been helping boost...
Norwegian Ambassador to the Philippines Christian Lyster says the Norwegian Embassy eyes to provide training for Filipinos in preparation for the needs of offshore wind projects in the future. PNA PHOTO BY KRIS CRISMUNDO

Norway eyes training Filipinos to build up offshore wind workforce

THE Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila is in discussion with stakeholders in Norway and the Philippines to help the latter prepare its workforce for...
People fall in line at the check-in counters of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City. The Manila International Airport Authority expects around 1.2 million passengers at the NAIA during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections and Undas break. GEORGE CALVELO/ABS-CBN NEWS PHOTO

Airlines ready for long BSKE, ‘Undas’ break

MAJOR airlines in the Philippines said they are ready for the anticipated increase in the number of passengers for the long break which begins...
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BIR adopting digital system of tracking cigarette supply, distribution

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will soon implement a digital system of tracking the supply and distribution of tobacco products in the country,...

SSS OFFICIALLY OPENS 2023 BOWLING TOURNAMENT

After a three-year hiatus, the Social Security System (SSS) formally opened its 2023 Inter-Color Bowling Tournament on Sept. 30, 2023 at the Ever Gotesco...
A baker prepares to put trays of dough into the oven at a bakery in Sampaloc, Manila on World Bread Day on Monday, Oct. 16. The occasion coincides with the creation of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945 to fight hunger, with the motto "Fiat Panis" (Let there be bread). PNA PHOTO BY ROBERT OSWALD ALFILER

Bakers’ group seeks funding, training aid amid ‘brain drain’

LEADERS of the community bakery industry have appealed for more government assistance given the country’s dwindling number of professional bakers. Lucito Chavez, president of the...