The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans building specialized breeding facilities and equipment helping address the relative lack of supply of the short finned pompano variety in the country.
International Container Terminal Services Inc., the global port operations of tycoon Enrique Razon Jr., said Monday it fully divested from its Indonesia-listed subsidiary PT ICTSI Jasa Prima Tbk for USD2 million.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has designated Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph G. Recto as Cabinet representative to the monetary board (MB), the highest policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
MGen Renewable Energy Inc. (MGreen), a unit of the Manila Electric Co., on Monday completed its P15.9 billion investment in SP New Energy Corp. (SPNEC), taking a controlling stake at the solar company.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. plans to build more cold storage facilities at the Food Terminal complex in Taguig City as part of measures addressing overproduction and minimizing post-harvest losses of agricultural products, particularly vegetables and other high-value crops.
The Philippines is intensifying efforts to ratify the High Seas Treaty, officially known as the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), with the Department of Agriculture backing the Department of Foreign Affairs' campaign for Senate concurrence.
In celebration of the 68th birthday of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. today, the government is rolling out a special, one-day offering of P20 per kilo rice through his flagship food security initiative, “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!” (BBM Na!), potentially benefitting more than 350,00 Filipinos.
Manila Water Infratech Solutions (MWIS), a non-East Zone unit of Manila Water, has successfully deployed its iTECH Packaged Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in two major sectors: quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and aviation.