Defeating agriculture culture of corruption
Given the additional P31-billion budget proposed by Agriculture Secretary William Dar for the COVID-19 crisis, the ugly specter of corruption might once again visit the Department of Agriculture (DA). To…
Blank TV screens: ABS-CBN’s fall spells losses for billion-peso ad industry
MANILA, Philippines — The day ABS-CBN Corp. was forced by the government to stop airing, advertising executives watched in horror as half their market vanished when millions of television screens…
Blank TV screens: Ads scamper for platform as ABS-CBN shutdown spells their end
MANILA, Philippines — The day ABS-CBN Corp. was forced by the government to stop airing, advertising executives watched in horror as half their market vanished when millions of television screens…
‘Korean New Deal’ aims to revive economy through digitalization
Vice Finance Minister Kim Yong-beom speaks at a press briefing held at the Central Government Complex in Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap) via The Korea Herald SEOUL — South Korea is…
Century Pacific’s Q1 profit up 31% as ECQ boosts demand for shelf-stable food
The General Santos manufacturing facility of Century Pacific Food Heightened demand for shelf-stable food when the government locked down key regions starting mid-March boosted leading canned food producer Century Pacific…
Land Bank distributes P24.7M to OFWs displaced by pandemic
The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) has already released P24.7 million in cash aid to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic . In a statement on…
RLC’s Q1 profit up 82% on residential dev’t earnings
Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) The first quarter net profit of Gokongwei-led property developer Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) jumped by 82 percent year-on-year to P3.34 billion as earnings contribution from the…
Bank of England: UK economy could shrink by nearly a third
LONDON — The Bank of England has warned that the British economy could be nearly a third smaller by the end of the first half of this year than it…
PH output losses due to COVID-19 lockdown highest in Asean-5, says UK think tank
The COVID-19 lockdown imposed in Luzon and other parts of the country since mid-March already cost the Philippines forgone output worth 5.8 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP)—the highest…
Globe, DepEd to tackle ‘new normal’ in high education learning
In the past few months, educational institutions—especially higher education systems—have shown their capacity to quickly adapt to learning challenges in the midst of a health crisis. Although the shift towards…