Context Dispatch
Filinvest sugar mill hits historic 1MT milestone
Filinvest Group’s Cotabato Sugar Central Co., Inc. has achieved a historic breakthrough, processing over one million metric tons of sugarcane this milling season—the first time in more than two decades and 42% above target.
U.S. Embassy strengthens provincial ties with Iloilo visit
As part of its ongoing efforts to expand engagement beyond Metro Manila, representatives from the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines visited Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (PCPPI)’s bottling plant in San Miguel, Iloilo, under the Embassy’s Provincial Engagement Program.
Smuggled onions, fish seized in P34M Manila Port bust
Over P34 million worth of misdeclared agricultural products from China were intercepted at the Port of Manila by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Agriculture (DA), marking one of the first major test cases under the new Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act.
Romualdez wants establishment of Eastern Visayas Development Authority to accelerate socio-economic growth in Region VIII
REELECTED Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday filed a bill seeking the creation of the Eastern Visayas Development Authority (EVDA) aimed at fast-tracking the recovery and long-term growth of Region VIII through integrated planning, stronger governance and public-private investments.
Metro Manila minimum wage earners get P50 daily pay raise
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced Monday that the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board of the National Capital Region has approved a P50 increase in the daily minimum wage for workers in Metro Manila.
