Tag: Unity Digital

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) have inaugurated the world’s first laboratory fully dedicated to sex-sorting buffalo semen, marking a major policy and infrastructure milestone to strengthen domestic food security, cut import dependence, and build a self-sustaining local dairy sector.

Food delivery is now part of Filipino daily life, with foodpanda seeing peak lunch and dinner orders, steady weekend demand, and 25.3 percent of late-night deliveries (11 p.m.–4 a.m.) for burgers. Responding to this shift and rising digital payments—49 percent of platform transactions—foodpanda and EastWest have launched their co-branded foodpanda Visa credit card.

The European Union (EU) is releasing €150,000 (some ₱10.9 million) in humanitarian funds to help communities hit hard by severe monsoon floods across Luzon. This support matter for over 32,000 people in the most affected areas: Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, and Metro Manila.

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) is teaming up with key government bodies to develop clear, evidence-based safety rules for carrying electric and hybrid vehicles on domestic passenger ships—an effort triggered by the recent fatal fire aboard the MV June Aster.