Holcim suspends cement plant in Davao
The country’s leading cement-maker Holcim Philippines has suspended the operation of its manufacturing plant in Davao as the city was locked down until April 19 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Fruitas’ delivery business up tenfold since lockdown
Lester Yu Delivery platform CocoDelivery, a unit of newly-listed kiosk operator Fruitas Holdings Inc., has increased its business tenfold since the government’s lockdown order on Luzon as a way to…
Fresh produce in time of COVID-19? Go online for DA’s Kadiwa shops
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has brought to the internet the operations of its Kadiwa outlets, making these available online to let local government units (LGUs) place bulk orders for…
DOF: Infra spending key to avert slow recovery post-pandemic
MANILA, Philippine — The economic team is moving to arrest the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown across the country in order to avert slow recovery and…
Globe MyBusiness connects SMEs in looking after healthcare frontliners
Strengthening its support to medical and business frontliners, Globe initiated a unique collaborative effort with its partner institutions in the healthcare and food industries, the result of which is a…
Volume of marked tax-paid fuel rise to 6.45 billion despite lockdown
MANILA, Philippines — As of last week, a total of 6.45 billion liters of tax-paid fuel had been already marked by the government as it continued to monitor oil firms’…
Landbank releases cash grants for CCT beneficiaries’ COVID-19 aid
MANILA, Philippines — Beneficiaries of the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program will receive money over the weekend as part of the subsidies to vulnerable households during the COVID-19 quarantine.…
Transport of seeds hampered by various LGU checkpoints
Despite repeated appeals from national agencies to local government units (LGUs) to allow the movement of all goods and services related to food production, the country’s biggest seed organization reported…
Quaran-things to note: Best-selling food delivered at your doorstep
The food industry landscape has changed massively since the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon to contain the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Restaurants have been forced to close…
Amid quarantine, Neda wants to know how consumers, businesses coping
Neda chief Ernesto Pernia. INQUIRER file photo / JOAN BONDOC MANILA, Philippines — While consumers mostly stayed home and many businesses were temporarily shut down in the midst of quarantine,…