Oil firms will implement a price rollback for kerosene and diesel today, Feb. 14, while keeping gasoline prices unchanged. AJ PALCULLO/PN

Diesel, kerosene prices down for second straight week

MOTORISTS will get a slight reprieve starting today, as oil firms announced another round of rollbacks to mark the second straight week of cuts...
WHITE BEACH. The white beach of Boracay Island is ready to welcome tourists from a luxury cruise ship today, Feb. 13. The Department of Tourism says MS Seabourn Encore is carrying approximately 560 cruise passengers and 482 crews from Singapore.

Boracay to receive first luxury cruise ship today

BORACAY – This world-famous island resort is looking forward to welcoming the first luxury cruise ship to visit since the start of the pandemic...
Rice farmers are being urged to plant high-quality seeds that result in high germination rate, lower seeding rate, more vigorous seedlings, and more efficient crop establishment. PHILRICE PHOTO

WV to get 430K bags certified ‘palay’ seeds

ILOILO City – For this 2023 wet planting season, rice farmers in Western Visayas will be getting 430,196 bags of certified inbred seeds to...
Workers prepare onions for selling at a trading post in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija on Feb. 2, 2023 as the harvest season begins in "the onion capital of the Philippines." JONATHAN CELLONA/ABS-CBN NEWS PHOTO

RCEP will protect agri sector – DTI

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) assured farmers that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement will protect them, amid fears the trade...

Why Your BPO Matters… Back to the Basics

NOWADAYS it isn’t enough to come up with a great product or service. While unique selling points are vital and while excellent marketing strategies...

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Sea Garden Resort

STILL looking for a place to celebrate hearts’ day? Fret no more, Sea Garden Resort is here. Celebrate love on Valentine's Day with a Valentine...
Salt sold in a local market in Antique province. Allette Gayatin, senior aqua-culturist at the Office of the Provincial Agriculture, urged local government units in Antique to provide salt-making sites along the coastal areas for salt-makers to produce more to be sold in the market. PNA PHOTO BY ANNABEL CONSUELO J. PETINGLAY

15 Antique coastal towns ideal for salt production

ANTIQUE – Fifteen of Antique’s 18 municipalities have been pinpointed as ideal sites for salt production. Provincial Board member Rony Molina, who sponsored a resolution...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recommended a P1 to P1.50 hike for six sardine brands listed in the DTI’s suggested retail price bulletin.

Sardine manufacturers to ask for bigger increase

SARDINE manufacturers said they plan to appeal the price hike allowed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as it was not enough...
“Our foreign investment pie is shrinking, but our economic managers’ recipe for recovery has overlooked ecozones at a time the government is in dire need of more revenue. We must recover our losses,” says Sen. Imee Marcos during the Wednesday’s hearing of the Senate committee on economic affairs that was taking up bills to establish new ecozones and freeports in Ilocos Norte, Cavite, Surigao del Sur, and Saranggani provinces.

READ: Office of Senator Imee R. Marcos Statement on RCEP

OFFICE OF SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOSStatement on RCEPFebruary 7, 2023 Narito po ang aking opisyal na mensahe, patungkol sa aking pagbitaw sa kahit anumang responsibilidad...
The Department of Agriculture has found out that some sellers have hiked prices of red onions to up to P300 per kilogram. PN PHOTO

DA allots P327M to boost onion industry

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted P326.97 million worth of “interventions” for the onion industry in a bid to arrest the spike in...