Rice producers and traders are to export rice in May, the first time the commodity would be exported in large volumes in 40 years, a high official of the Department of Agriculture announced here on Saturday.
Government foresters said gold producer Philex Mining Corp. is criminally liable for building a road through a Benguet watershed without securing proper clearances like an environmental compliance certificate (ECC).
When the Panagbenga, or the Baguio Flower Festival, was started in 1996, it was designed to bring back business to a city ravaged by the 1990 earthquake.
The Philippines’ shopping mall chains have virtually taken over the provinces, branching toward every urbanizing town or city to offer products that provincial customers used to buy only from Metro Manila stores.
The Cordillera brand Narda’s was displayed at a recent New York fashion week and provided Cordillera weaver Leonarda Capuyan a new opportunity to reclaim a foothold in the Manhattan market.
The Benguet town of Itogon will not strike most people as the richest in the country. Its paved, narrow roads lead to a quiet town center that is bereft of establishments and modern buildings expected from a wealthy community.
The Benguet towns of Itogon and Tuba have started talks over a financial sharing arrangement with Philex Mining Corp., after the gold producer decided to honor its tax obligations with the local governments, Itogon Mayor Oscar Camantiles said.
A court here has directed the administrator and developer of Camp John Hay to undergo arbitration in a July 13 ruling that is expected to end a debt dispute that has delayed development of the former American rest and recreation baseland.
Coffee consumption in the country has grown almost as fast as coffee production has fallen in recent years.
The plastics technology has been buried in an avalanche of bad press releases owing to fears it has worsened the impact of climate change on the environment.
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) insisted to the Supreme Court that it is controlled by Filipinos and not foreigners, as it sought to reverse the high court’s 2011 ruling ordering the telecommunications giant to return control of the company to its Filipino stockholders.
The country’s national energy conservation program saved the equivalent of 27.48 million barrels of fuel last year, an 11 percent increase compared to the previous year’s savings, a regional official of the Department of Energy said.
