December, 2023

• 18 December

  Government keeps lower tariff rates on food to control inflation

  

  By Rose de la Cruz The continuing deficiencies in local supplies of vital food commodities, which are expected to be filled by imports, have prompted the government to maintain lower tariff rates on food imports to ensure that food inflation will not worsen. This, after the board of the National Economic and Development Authority– chaired by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. …

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• 18 December

  P776-M worth of excavators turned over to IAs

  

  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and newly-confirmed Agriculture Secretary Francis Tiu Laurel led in the turnover of P776 million worth of excavators to various irrigators’ associations in the country held at the Naval Supply Depot in Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo City on Thursday. The NIA, an attached corporation of the Department of Agriculture (DA), procured 141 units of excavators under …

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• 18 December

  Inmates benefit from DA, DOJ project

  

  A special joint project of the Department of Agriculture with the Department of Justice providing persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) livelihood and farm training inside prison camps, called the DAxDOJ Reformation Initiative for Sustainable Environment for Food Security DAxDOJ RISE has been benefitting inmates who are now more confident about having a livelihood after their release. “Paglabas ko po dito, …

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• 18 December

  Lanao farmers returnto rice farming

  

  Many farmers in Lanao del Norte who abandoned rice farming because of significant yield losses are now returning because of improved harvests largely from the training given to them by a graduate of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund Rice Extension Service Program (RCtEF RESP). A story on Queenie R. Notario, owner of a farm school in Bacolod, who began planning …

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• 18 December

  NEDA approves four high-impact projects

  

  The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board has recently given the green light to set in motion four high-impact plans and projects that will greatly benefit the Filipino people. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balicasan, in a Palace briefing, said President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. already approved the P67.4 billion Dalton Pass East Alignment Road Project of the Department of Public …

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• 18 December

  House passes new bill to replace old procurement law

  

  The House of Representatives has passed a new bill to repeal the country’s old procurement law. A total of 251 lawmakers moved in favor of House Bill (HB) No. 9648 or the New Government Procurement Reform Act. HB No. 9648, a consolidation of five bills, including one from Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, seeks to repeal Republic Act No. 9184 or …

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• 18 December

  NIA unveils projects worth P4.48-B

  

  The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) inaugurated last week three projects that have a combined cost of P4.48 billion. One of the projects unveiled was the P1.276-billion Balbalungao Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (Balbalungao SRIP) in Lupao, Nueva Ecija. “In pursuit of innovations and modernizations in irrigation facilities, Balbalungao SRIP was constructed to irrigate 967.19 hectares of agricultural land in the barangays …

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• 18 December

  ADB to infuse $2.1 billion for Bataan-Cavite interlink project

  

  Reuters reported that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved financing of up to $2.1 billion for the Philippines to construct a 32-kilometer climate-resilient bridge across Manila Bay. Said project aims to decongest the country’s capital. In a statement, ADB said the Bataan-Caviite interlink bridge would enable better mobility of goods and labor and support the development of the regional …

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• 18 December

  Newly-launched Fast Aid Kit boasts modern spray technology

  

  A pharmaceutical company recently launched a fast, modern, affordable, easy-carry,  and nano-technology aid kit known as The Fast Aid Kit – a modern first-aid kit that relieves, protects, and heals using its innovative spray technology. This differentiates it from the well-stocked first-aid kit that we’ve been always reminded to have at home at work or carry in the car or …

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• 18 December

  Local firm takes over solar project for P6-B

  

  A local company has taken over a firm composed of three conglomerates and is set to build the world’s largest solar project. SP New Energy Corp (SPNEC), in a stock exchange filing, said it has acquired 100 percent of the shares of Prime Infrastructure Inc. in Terra Solar Philippines Inc. (TSPI) for P6 billion. Together with the shares it acquired …

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