Idle bamboo land offers opening for Philippine firms in $73B global market
The Philippines has plenty of bamboo-growing land. What it lacks is enough businesses turning the fast-growing grass into products worth considerably more than garden stakes and handicrafts.
Smart call-drop rate breaches NTC standard in Undas tests
Smart Communications recorded a 5.26 percent call-drop rate in government tests at Metro Manila bus terminals ahead of Undas, breaching the National Telecommunications Commission’s prescribed ceiling of less than 2 percent even as the regulator found generally strong mobile network performance.
Clark-led demand drives Pampanga property boom
Pampanga’s property market is set for sustained growth as investments in Clark draw workers, migrants and homebuyers, driving housing demand faster than in neighboring Central Luzon provinces, according to Hausland Holdings Inc.
MICC seeks return of ancestral lands to Indigenous control
The Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) is seeking to restore Indigenous Peoples’ control over ancestral lands after mining companies complete their operations and rehabilitation obligations, putting post-mining land rights at the center of proposed reforms.
Eala’s double faults prove costly in Toray
In tennis, sometimes the difference between victory and defeat is just one point. For Alex Eala, it was a double fault at precisely the wrong moment.
