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Silver-winning Mabango 3 rice proves tough even in floods

Fresh from winning silver at the 2025 World’s Best Rice Award in Cambodia, Mabango 3 is showing it offers more than great taste and aroma. The rice variety, officially known as NSIC Rc218, can also survive and grow even when newly planted fields are flooded.

SHERA targets Philippines as export hub

Thailand-based building materials firm SHERA Public Co. Ltd. is ramping up its operations in the Philippines, positioning the country as both a growth market and a potential regional export hub. 

Philippines hooks Europe: Dive leads soar

The Philippines made waves at the 2026 Paris Dive Show, netting over P80 million in dive travel leads—a striking 43 percent jump from last year’s P56 million.

Singapore trading hub powers Top Line’s vertical play

Listed fuel distributor and retailer Top Line Business Development Corp. (TOP) is deepening its supply chain control with plans to establish a wholly owned trading subsidiary in Singapore, sharpening its long-term vertical integration strategy.

GSIS pushes stronger industry coordination at BAP Advisory Council

The president and general manager of the Government Service Insurance System Jose Arnulfo “Wick” Veloso and the former president of the Bankers Association of the Philippines, joined top banking leaders at the BAP Annual Advisory Council meeting, underscoring the urgency of tighter coordination across the financial sector.

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BCDA courts $50-M European aviation investment, US aerospace plant in Clark

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is pursuing at least USD50 million in initial investment from a European aircraft maintenance company, alongside a separate US aerospace manufacturing proposal, as it seeks to expand Clark’s role in the aviation industry.

DA acts on FMR data error; launches review and reforms 

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is tightening checks on project details and rolling out system-wide improvements after discrepancies were found in coordinates submitted for farm-to-market road (FMR) projects.

Maynilad-K-Water’s P14.8-B New Clark City project goes uncontested, nears award

A P14.8-billion water supply and wastewater project proposed by Maynilad Water Services Inc. and South Korea’s K-Water for New Clark City has cleared a key hurdle after attracting no competing bid, putting the consortium closer to securing the contract.

BPI Foundation brings financial literacy, digital learning to more public schools

BPI Foundation, the social development arm of the Bank of the Philippine Islands, is broadening its nationwide push to boost financial literacy and digital learning, reaching thousands of students and teachers in underserved communities.
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