The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will consider critical factors such as affordability and inflation in deciding on the petition of private operator Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) to adjust LRT-1 ticket prices, according to a transport official. DOTr Assistant Secretary for Railways Jorjette Aquino said the agency’s Railway and Regulatory Unit (RRU) will take into serious consideration not only the …

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has issued a Show Cause Order (SCO) against 1,046 dealers in 2024 for their failure to register newly bought motor vehicles within the prescribed time period. LTO Chief, Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor D. Mendoza II said the agency’s Citizen’s Charter mandates the registration of newly bought motor vehicles to be registered within seven days after …

By Rose de la Cruz Beginning with imported rice, the departments of agriculture and trade and industry are studying setting a maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) or price caps that would strike a balance between the cost of landing imported rice here and the interests of consumers. The DA said on Wednesday from rice, it would also study possible MSRP’s …

By Rose de la Cruz First, the Marcos administration clinched a five-year rice supply deal with Vietnam, now our top supplier of the staple, last January Next the Department of Agriculture negotiated for a rice deal with India and Cambodia and now with Pakistan, which it hopes to finalize by June next year. The message is clear:  the DA is …

Beyond EllipticalBy Rose Marie de la Cruz The legacy of agrarian reform– breaking down farms into smaller sizes of initially 3 to 5 hectares– have forced farmers to sell or pawn their landholdings as they found farming to be not viable and unsustainable. In worse times, like previous decades, they offered their small landholdings to land conversion for easy cash, …

The bangus industry is grappling with several challenges that have prevented it from achieving its full potential. University of Asia and Pacific Center for Food and Agribusiness (CFA) Agribusiness Specialist Joy Kristel Orzales said one of the main issues confronting the sector is its continued reliance on imported fry, Business Mirror noted. Orzales noted that high dependence on imported fry tends …

The massive destruction caused by recent typhoons on corn farms of the country and the high cost of production would necessitate higher imports of corn for animal feeds  by 7.2 percent or 1.63 million metric tons for 2024-2025, according to the USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service in Manila. The USDA also sees corn production only growing by 0.4 percent to 8.15 MMT …

Blame it on high rice prices– both local and imports– Pinoys are now shifting to bread and noodles for their regular diet. The Philippines is expected to import more wheat in the 2024-2025 marketing year as the demand for various products such as bread, cakes and noodles increased along with population growth, said the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural …

After 20 years of robust growth and successes, the Gateway Group of Companies, the country’s largest and trusted automotive dealership, is aiming to serve their rapidly expanding customers with highly-efficient and service-oriented personnel for another 20 years. This is emphasized by Michael Goho, the executive vice president of the Gateway Group of Companies, as the company embarks on another year …

GAC Motor Philippines maintained its strong growth momentum throughout 2024 when the brand recorded a 79% year-on-year increase in sales, reaching 3,060 units sold compared to the same period in the previous year with 1,714 units. GAC Motor has consistently ranked among the top Chinese automotive brands in the local market this year.  Its models include the GS3 Emzoom, M6 …