Marcos keeps low food tariff rates
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has issued an executive order maintaining the temporary modification of rates of import duty on rice, corn and meat products, Malacañang said on Tuesday.
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Marcos' foreign trips yield P294B investments – Palace
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s foreign trips this year yielded $5.28 billion or P294 billion worth of «actualized» investments or businesses, Malacañang said Wednesday.
Marcos renames 8 PNP camps
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued proclamations naming and renaming at least eight camps and real properties utilized by the Philippine National Police (PNP) to honor former policemen who showed exemplary service, Malacañang said on Wednesday.
Marcos urged to go beyond ‘toothless’ EO for LGBT concerns
MANILA, Philippines — Discrimination against LGBTQ+ persons cannot be sufficiently addressed by a "special" government body led by non-experts in gender equality and human rights, an LGBTQ+ rights advocate said on Wednesday.
DA: Rice supply enough until March harvest season
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture said that the country’s rice supply will remain sufficient until the next harvest season in March, adding that it is expecting almost half a million metric tons of imports by early January.
Best of Philippine chess eye Olympic berths
MANILA, Philippines – The country’s chess cream of the crop headed by Grandmasters John Paul Gomez, Darwin Laylo and Joey Antonio, and Woman GM Janelle Mae Frayna shoot for Olympiad slots in the Philippine National Open Championships that unfolded Wednesday at the Marikina Community Convention Center.
British Chamber welcomes signing of Executive Order No. 50 – extending lowered tariffs on pork
The Philippine present economic condition affirms the significance of the extension of the reduced tariff rates for agricultural commodities until 2024 which also helps with the challenge facing high inflation rate, food supply, African Swine Fever (ASF), and market impacts brought by El Niño.
Billions in funding cuts restored: SUCs to get higher budget in 2024
MANILA, Philippines — State universities and colleges (SUCs) were granted a P21 billion increase in their overall budgets for 2024, according to publicly available budget documents, handing out a win to the widespread pushback against the government’s earlier plan to cut billions from state-run schools’ funding.