Group claims rice farmers lost P90B in 2020 due to low farmgate prices
MANILA – Rice industry advocacy group Bantay Bigas claimed that farmers of the staple crop lose billions of pesos due to decline in farmgate...
GBP Panay Site retains ISO certifications
GLOBAL Business Power Corporation (GBP) subsidiaries, Panay Energy Development Corporation (PEDC), Panay Power Corporation (PPC), and GBH Power Resources, Incorporated (GPRI), have recently passed...
DBP grants P1.097-billion to boost access to potable water
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted a P1.097-Billion term loan to Abejo Waters Corporation (AWC) to finance its various water system...
Nueva Valencia farmers receive post-harvest equipment
JORDAN – Farmers of the Municipality of Nueva Valencia received a P1.6 million worth of combine harvester with a trailer from the Provincial Government...
Monetary authorities see no pandemic-induced price bubble
MANILA – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno discounted a pandemic-induced asset price bubble in the country.
In a virtual briefing on Thursday,...
Nearsol Philippines: A quiet giant amongst Goliaths
TO those outside the BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) industry, the name Nearsol won’t ring a bell. It isn’t as recognized as its counterparts who...
Bernwood Tower soon to be the newest home in the City of Love
ILOILO City – A 15-storey residential-commercial condominium building will soon rise in this southern city.
Bernwood Tower, the first vertical project of the Eon Group’s...
PhilHealth extends payment deadline for employers
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is extending its deadline for employers to remit their contributions for the applicable month of January until February...
DOLE-6 releases nearly P800-M aid during COVID-19 pandemic
ILOILO City – The national government through the Department of Labor and Employment Western Visayas (DOLE 6) has released P799.84 million in livelihood and...
DAR to distribute 40 hectares of land in Antique
SAN JOSE – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-Antique Provincial Office is targeting to distribute 40 hectares of land to selected cluster towns this...