South Supermarket partners with First Gen for new solar carports in Bulacan and Laguna
Grand Union Supermarket Inc., which runs the South Supermarket chain, has completed solar carport projects at two of its branches in Malolos, Bulacan and Los Baños, Laguna in partnership with First Gen Group. The facilities, finished and activated in late May 2026, mark First Gen’s first ground-up solar carport developments, coming about one year after construction began and one and a half years following the agreement signed by both sides in January 2025.
PAL seeks India route return, expands Japan and North America flights
Philippine Airlines is working to bring back flights to India, more than seven years after putting the plan on hold in 2019 because of airspace tensions between India and Pakistan.
BOC forms task force to clear NAIA cargo bottlenecks
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has launched a two-pronged effort to ease cargo congestion at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), combining immediate operational measures with an interagency task force aimed at resolving long-standing bottlenecks across the country's major ports and airports.
Police bust illegal fertilizer plant in Nueva Ecija, seize P900,000 goods
Law enforcers dismantled an unregistered fertilizer manufacturing facility in Barangay Sta. Monica, Rizal, Nueva Ecija in a joint raid on July 15. They seized 500 bags of fake fertilizer, 21 granulator machines and several trucks valued at about P900,000.
Protecting WPS vital for 450,000 fisherfolk, food security
Nearly half a million Filipino fisherfolk depend on the West Philippine Sea for their livelihoods, making the area critical not only for territorial claims but also for the country’s economy and food supply. Speaking at the 10th anniversary commemoration of the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award, Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries Drusila Esther E. Bayate emphasized that securing fishing communities is key to strengthening food security, economic resilience and national sovereign rights. Official records show 453,246 registered fisherfolk live in areas along the West Philippine Sea, with the largest groups in Palawan, followed by Pangasinan, Batangas and Cavite.
