Government move to import rice hit
A national farmers’ group has warned that the government’s plan to import rice could lead to a slump in palay farm-gate prices just when these are starting to recover. The…
GSIS, SSS move members’ payment deadlines to June 1 as COVID-19 relief
The country’s two state-run pension funds on Tuesday (April 7) announced relief for members with loans and those in the private sector worrying about meeting the deadline of their regular…
Move to control excessive spikes in cost of essential commodities
The departments of Agriculture, Trade and Industry and Health have reactivated local price coordinating councils (LPCCs) to closely monitor the prices of farm and fishery products, processed goods and medicines…