Let’s limit unlimited rice
RESTAURANTS and other food service establishments are offering unlimited rice servings to their customers as a strategy to attract their patronage. This results in...
Towards one nat’l emergency number
HAVE YOU ever wondered why there is no single nationwide emergency number in the Philippines such as 911?
Actually, it should really be 911 based...
Towards a national fruits export strategy
AGRIBUSINESS entrepreneur Rene Pamintuan said that he once approached the head of the Department of Agriculture (DA) High Value Crops Division, and asked her...
Towards a multi-tasking agriculture department
A CORPORATE culture starts with a mindset or a worldview that would guide the corporate officers and staff about how it should run the...
Losing the race for milk production
I REMEMBER that about 40 years ago, we still had a dairy industry.
Today, it appears that the Philippines is importing most of its milk...
A water department, anyone?
IT’S IN THE news that the House of Representatives has already passed their version of the proposed Department of Water Resources (DWR), and it...
More vigilance for water quality
I WAS ABLE to confirm that the Department of Health (DOH) does have a list of accredited laboratories all over the country that are...
Traceability of seafood
ACCORDING to www.seafish.org, “seafood traceability and labelling regulations ensure that seafood can be tracked through the supply chain and is described accurately to consumers”.
Furthermore,...
Water coops can be more humane
I HAVE heard complaints from water customers in Metro Manila that their water service gets cut off right away, if they could not pay...
Organ donor queuing system
AT THE BACK of Philippine driver’s licenses, you will find information whether or not the owner of the driver’s license is an organ donor...