USDA projects lower rice import, but the opposite of soybean meal for 2024
The US Department of Agriculture has lowered its projection for the amount of rice the Philippines will import this year but still expects the country to buy a higher volume of soybean meal.
LGUs propose debt aggregating P48.9 billion to fund constituent infrastructure needs
The various local government units (LGU) proposed borrowing P48.9 billion in the second half of 2023 for purposes of funding mostly public infrastructure projects that impact their constituents, the policy-making monetary board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.
Russia is No 1, Philippines 27th in World Cybercrime Index
Russia tops the list while the Philippines ranks 27th in the first World Cybercrime Index (WCI) compiled by international researchers from Oxford University, to identify the key cybercrime hotspots among 92 countries.
Philippines shows narrower deficit in trade of agricultural products in 2023 — PSA
The country's agricultural trade deficit narrowed in 2023 to USD11.49 billion as the both exports and imports of farm products decreased, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.
Cebu Landmasters raises extra funds from preferred shares; looks at Luzon as growth market
Cebu Landmasters Inc., a leading property developer in the Visayas and Mindanao, raised over P4.28 billion in its follow-on offering of preferred shares, exceeding its fundraising target on strong investor demand.
