Janine Alexis Miguel

THE number and value of construction projects in the Philippines from approved building permits declined in June, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in a report on Thursday.

THE Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (Ipophl) has received from Clark Development Corp. (CDC) its first application for a local certification mark made under the 2023 Revised Trademark Regulations.

THE Philippines wants to draw more investors to its agriculture and information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) industries.

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched a P3-billion funding program to support farmers tilling 1.2 million hectares of rice fields nationwide.

THE mining subsidiary of listed DMCI Holdings Inc. is projecting a lower nickel ore production of 1.4 million wet metric tons (WMT) for this year from the 1.7 million WMT output achieved in 2023.

RICE imports hit 2.9 million metric tons (MT) in the first week of September, 20 percent higher than the 2.4 million MT in 2023, according to data from the Department of Agriculture (DA).

JAPANESE retail and manufacturing firms expressed interest to invest more and expand operations in the Philippines, following the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) business mission in Tokyo last week.

THE country's rice stocks totaled 1.87 million metric tons (MT) as of August 1, up 14.4 percent from 1.63 million MT last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) aims to reduce transport and logistics costs, among other measures, to help realize President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.s' vision to transform the Philippines into a leading logistics hub in Asia.At the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP) Conference 2024, Trade Undersecretary Mary Jean Pacheco outlined a comprehensive strategy to streamline logistics processes. This includes the continued implementation of the Executive Order on pass-through fees, the passage of a bill to lower international shipping charges, and the push for adoption of the e-airway bill.

APPROVED investment pledges have already surpassed the 2023 total, the Board of Investments (BoI) said on Monday, reaching P1.35 trillion as of mid-September.