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DTI seels bigger PH share of $2.6-T global halal market

PR/Philippine News Agency CLARK, PAMPANGA -- Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez reiterated in a statement on Thursday the need to increase Philippine halal products in domestic and export...

P5.9-B taxes collected from liberalized rice imports

PR/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Preliminary data show that the government has so far collected PHP5.9 billion in tariffs from some 1.43 million metric tons (MT) of rice stocks imported by private...

Water board maintains 36-cms allocation for MWSS

By Lilybeth Ison/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) on Wednesday maintained the 36 cubic meters per second (cms) daily water allocation for the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage...

Local markets end sideways in midweek trading

By Joann Villanueva/Philippine News Agency MANILA – A wait-and-see stance ahead of the release of Philippines’ June 2019 inflation report resulted in the sideways midweek close of the Philippine peso while global...

Unrestricted sugar importation worrying millers

By Lilybeth Ison/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- The country’s sugar millers on Wednesday expressed apprehension over the planned liberalization of sugar importation to lower the price of the commodity. “The sugar milling sector...

Diokno eyes 6% level output for PH economy in Q2

By Joann Villanueva/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno is optimistic of at least a six percent growth in the domestic economy in the second...
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