TIMELINE – Global rice supplies tighten after India’s July export ban
Rice prices in key exporting countries including Thailand and Vietnam have climbed around 20 percent since India, the world's biggest shipper of the grain, banned shipments of a key variety in July, tightening global supplies.
Aboitiz Power vehicle fleet seen 40 percent clean by 2030
Aboitiz Power Corp. on Thursday targets to covert 40 percent of its fleet of four-wheelers and bikes into electric vehicles by 2030 and fully electric by 2040.Aboitiz Power said the target supports the Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act which mandates industrial and commercial firms to keep at least five percent of its fleet as EVs.
NPC turns over P280 million worth of solar projects
The National Power Corp. (NPC), in tandem with the European Union (EU) and the World Bank (WB), has turned over completed solar power plants to electric cooperatives (ECs) in Samar, South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat in ceremonies held Thursday in General Santos City.
DA lifts poultry import ban from Poland
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the temporary ban on poultry products from Poland.
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Angel’s Pizza adds 9 new branches
Angel’s Pizza, a unit of the popular Figaro Coffee Group Inc., on Thursday opened nine new branches over a two-month stretch in key areas in Luzon and the Visayas.
