Sugar producers sign up at the VMC Planters' Caravan, which started last week in Cadiz City. This week it will be in Manapla and Victorias City with various planters associations affiliated with the mill to signal the opening of the milling season this August 23.

Hundreds sign up for VMC Planters Caravan

OVER 200 sugar farmers signed up for the Planters' Caravan launched by Victorias Milling Company, Inc. (VMC) in collaboration with Victorias Manapla Cadiz Farmers...
People wear face shields and facemasks inside a mall in Iloilo City on Friday. The national government yesterday made the wearing of these protective gears mandatory for those entering enclosed places like shopping malls to curtail the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19. IAN PAUL CORDERO / PN

Proposal prohibiting non-vaccinated people from entering shopping malls, other establishments junked

MANILA – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) does not agree with the proposal to prohibit non-vaccinated people from entering shopping malls and...

M Lhuillier Conducts Tree Planting Activities in Visayas and Mindanao

M Lhuillier’s promise of being the Tulay ng PaMLyang Pilipino isn’t just limited to delivering fast, reliable transactions to every Filipino family. The company...
A member of the Provincial ASF Task Force quarantine team inspects the contents of arriving vehicles and refrigerated container vans in one of the ports of entry in Negros Occidental. The province continues to ban the entry of live pigs, pork, and pork products from Luzon, Mindanao, and Eastern Samar, which have confirmed cases of African swine fever. NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PROVINCIAL VETERINARY OFFICE

NegOcc seizes more pork products as anti-ASF measure

BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental has seized more pork and its by-products in the past week as it continues to enforce measures against African...
A healthcare worker administers the coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine to a woman in Iloilo City. As of August 15, at least 12.5 million Filipinos were fully vaccinated against coronavirus. The government aims to inoculate at least 58 million of its over 100 million population by the end of the year. JERRY TREÑAS

PH told to address cycle of lockdowns to boost recovery

MANILA – The cycle of lockdowns in the Philippines remains a threat to its economic recovery, Fitch Solutions said Tuesday, after it lowered its...

Social media influencers, YouTubers urged to pay taxes

MANILA – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Monday issued a memorandum to remind social media influencers, who are making money through online...
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10 Tricks to Making Your Bathroom More Kid-Friendly

Kids love to explore and get into everything. Bathrooms are a prime spot for this because they contain so many exciting things! But with...
The Philippines' poultry industry can export chicken meat and other pet birds to South Korea once again as the ban on these products were already lifted. The Korean government made the prohibition on March 2020 when Philippines experienced an H5 avian influenza outbreak. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

South Korea lifts ban on PH chicken meat, pet birds imports

MANILA – The Philippine Agriculture Office (PAO) in Seoul, South Korea, announced that they have already obtained the final approval of the Korean government...
Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas says cash remittances rose to $2.638 billion in June. The United States accounted for 40.1 percent of overall remittances, followed by Singapore, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, South Korea, Qatar, and Taiwan, with a combined 78.4 percent of total cash remittances. AP

BSP: Remittances hit six-month high in June

MANILA – Remittances grew to seven percent in June to mark a six-month high, data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on...

Diesel, kerosene prices down this week

MANILA – Oil firms will roll back prices of diesel and kerosene starting this morning. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz, PTT Philippines, Seaoil,...