TOBACCO leaf production increased 7.45% to 45.4 million kilograms in 2024, with more farmers encouraged to plant by export opportunities and local government prodding, according to the National ...

A CONSORTIUM consisting of 23 South Korean public institutions and private companies has been formed to support members pursuing urban development projects in the Philippines. In a statement on Monday ...

THE Department of Agriculture said it is pushing to launch the cold examination facilities in agriculture (CEFA) in Angat, Bulacan before the end of the first half. “We will try to finish everything ...

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has partnered with Dutch organization PUM Netherlands to develop high-value products from coconut husk in Davao. In a statement on Monday, DTI said that PUM ...

THE tobacco industry said it supports a pause in excise tax rate hikes and called for more efficient utilization of local governments’ national tax allotments (NTA). “If they think this moratorium ...

US STARTUP Hive Modular, a maker of sustainable pre-fabricated homes, said its capacity expansion plans are intended to scale up its Philippine operation to make exports viable and to tap ...

Digitalization in the 21st century brought with it several challenges to the rules for taxing international business income, ...

THE MAIN INDEX sank to the 6,100 level on Monday, hitting a seven-month low, as investors were cautious before the release of Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) data and the US Federal Reserve’s ...

THE PHILIPPINES should not rely heavily on the US to build its defense capabilities in the face of its sea dispute with China, political analysts said, citing the expected “transactional” approach to ...

POSSIBLE US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) are unlikely to quash the tribunal’s interest in investigating the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs, which has drawn international ...

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said its 44-meter vessel BRP Cabra had managed to prevent a bigger Chinese ship from getting closer to the coastline of Zambales province. “BRP Cabra, despite its ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has pardoned a former mayor who was dismissed from office in 2017 and had been linked by the former administration to the illegal drug trade. In granting executive ...