As the tension between Malaysian authorities and armed followers of the Sultanate of Sulu holed up in Sabah continues, goods coming to and from Malaysia have been constricted, forcing traders here to jack up their prices.
Australian authorities urged the evacuation of parts of the resource-rich northwest Tuesday as a powerful cyclone whipped up huge seas, while a man died in heavy flooding in the northeast.
A return to the government’s monopoly in rice importation could be the key to unlocking the problem of rice smuggling in the Philippines, according to National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Angelito Banayo.
The country has enough supply of pork, chicken, and rice for the holiday season, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said Friday.
Palay (unmilled rice) and corn harvests hit record highs in the first semester of 2011 on the back of improved irrigation and a rainy summer, the Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines—Malaysia needs some 40,000 workers for its rubber and oil palm plantations, an urgent employment need that authorities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao are working hard to fill to help cushion the impact of the Philippines’ unemployment problem. Myra Alih, ARMM labor secretary, has been tasked to study the Malaysian offer [...]
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala tells Radyo Inquirer 990AM that vegetable prices were up due to the typhoons that hit the country over the past weeks. MANILA, Philippines—Prices of vegetables soared because of the typhoons that struck the country over the past weeks, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala told 990AM in an interview Tuesday. “Prices of vegetables [...]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) expects prices of school supplies to increase as the opening of school draws near, according to Trade Secretary Gregory L. Domingo. In anticipating such an increase, the DTI will further intensify its market monitoring operations to ensure adequate supply and stable prices, Domingo said in a statement. As [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Local oil companies again cut fuel prices effective today as global oil prices retreated for the third consecutive week. Oil majors Petron, Shell and Eastern Petroleum rolled back the prices of their premium gasoline by P2 a liter, regular gasoline by P1.75 a liter, diesel by 50 centavos a liter, and of kerosene by [...]
MANILA, Philippines – There is no reason to increase sugar prices now as there is enough supply to last for months, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala told Radyo Inquirer in an interview Wednesday. Alcala issued the statement in response to a move by a group of bakers to raise prices of their products starting next Monday, [...]
