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A FILIPINO FARMER TRAINED IN JAPAN AND THE FUTURE OF PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE
One of the bright spots amid a pandemic battered economy is agriculture, which posted good growth and is projected to remain one of the...

By The Financial District
May 2, 20215 min read


MORE TALIPTIP RESIDENTS UPSKILLED TO RESELLERS UNDER SMC MICRO-ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) ramped up its micro-entrepreneurship program for former residents of Barangay Taliptip in Bulakan, Bulacan...

By The Financial District
May 1, 20213 min read


MEME CANON "DISASTER GIRL" SELLS AS NFT FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
More than a decade of having her image endlessly repurposed as a vital part of meme canon, Ms. Roth has sold the original copy of her...

By The Financial District
Apr 30, 20213 min read


GOV’T URGED TO GRANT WORKERS P100 WAGE RELIEF
More than the symbolic vaccination of 5,000 selected minimum wage earners and OFWs on Labor Day, the government must consider granting a...

By The Financial District
Apr 29, 20212 min read


A NEW TEMPLATE FOR HELPING SCHOOLS, DEPRESSED AREAS
Classmates in elementary and high school in the coastal town of San Fabian, Pangasinan have banded together to help a school in an upland...

By The Financial District
Apr 24, 20213 min read


FRENCH FISHERMEN THREATEN TO BLOCK UK TRUCKS OVER ROW
Protesting French fishermen have threatened to block trucks from the UK carrying British fish, amid a row over access to British waters.

By The Financial District
Apr 24, 20211 min read


DTI RELEASES MEMO ON PAYMENT OPTIONS
To ensure consumers’ access to various modes of payment on their purchase of products and services, the Department of Trade and Industry...

By The Financial District
Apr 21, 20212 min read


DA BARES GRANTS TO YOUTH WITH AGRIBIZ PROJECTS
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched the “Kabataang Agribiz Grant Assistance Program” to provide young Filipinos a...

By The Financial District
Apr 21, 20212 min read


DTI BARES ORGANIC SUCCESS STORY ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP
“Pikit mata na lang talaga. And then, survival. The spirit of survival.” This is the principle held by Ms. Angelica Chongco of Mayumi...

By The Financial District
Apr 19, 20213 min read


DA DISTRIBUTES SENTINEL PIGLETS TO ASF-FREE REGIONS
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is distributing “sentinel” piglets in areas where there are no reported cases of the African Swine...

By The Financial District
Apr 19, 20213 min read


CORDILLERA REGION TOP VEGETABLE SUPPLIER TO METRO MANILA
The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) said the region is contributing largely to the production...

By The Financial District
Apr 15, 20212 min read


SEX DOLL EXPERIENCE CAFÉ SLAMMED BY SOKOR CITY FOLK
South Korean parents are reacting nervously to the recent openings of sex doll experience shops or cafes in their neighborhoods around...

By The Financial District
Apr 14, 20212 min read


DISABLED JAPANESE PACK VENDING MACHINE WITH BAKED SWEET POTATOES
A vending machine stocked with baked sweet potatoes was placed in this southwestern Japanese city on April 8 in a project linking...

By The Financial District
Apr 13, 20212 min read


PORK TARIFF REDUCTION LAMENTED CITING STRONG OPPOSITION FROM HOG INDUSTRY
Assistant Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro has slammed President Duterte for signing Executive Order 128 that lowered...

By The Financial District
Apr 13, 20212 min read


DOLE ASSISTANCE TO DISPLACED OFWs REACHES P5 BILLION
The Department of Labor and Employments' AKAP assistance has already reached P5.043 billion that helped 497,122 OFWs.

By The Financial District
Apr 12, 20212 min read


JAPAN WHISKY MAKER IS WORLD’S BEST FOR 5TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
Whiskies made by a company in the eastern Japan city of Chichibu have won their fifth-consecutive world best award at an international...

By The Financial District
Apr 10, 20212 min read


DSWD RELEASES P138 MILLION LIVELIHOOD ASSISTANCE IN WESTERN VISAYAS
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already released PHP138.15 million pesos in livelihood assistance grant (LAG)...

By The Financial District
Apr 9, 20212 min read


LONDON'S UNDERGROUND BUNKERS NOW BLOOMING VEGETABLE GARDENS
Deep beneath London’s suburbs lies a gigantic vegetable garden farming hundreds of thousands of the capital’s freshest microgreens.

By The Financial District
Apr 8, 20211 min read


EX-BIFF REBELS GET LIVELIHOOD AID
A total of 177 former members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who earlier surrendered to the Army in Maguindanao have...

By The Financial District
Apr 8, 20211 min read


A FACILITIES UPGRADE AND TECHNICAL TRAINING "FOR THE BOYSTOWN" COURTESY OF SMC
San Miguel Corporation (SMC), through packaging subsidiary San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corp. (SMYPC), is looking to train...

By The Financial District
Apr 8, 20213 min read


EBRD BACKS MOROCCO BUSINESSES
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) are stepping up their support for businesses...

By The Financial District
Apr 2, 20212 min read


WORLD'S FIRST HYDROGEN FUEL CELL TECH POWERED GREEN PASSENGER AIRLINE TO TAKE FLIGHT
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS, the UK SME leading the Project Fresson consortium announces it will exploit recent advances in...

By The Financial District
Mar 30, 20213 min read


GERMAN BREWERS OFFER FREE BEER AS KEGS NEAR EXPIRY
The pandemic year was not good for German breweries. With events canceled, and restaurants and bars closed for several months...

By The Financial District
Mar 30, 20212 min read


JAPANESE FRUITS AND VEGETABLE WHOLESALER CITED FOR HELP
A fruits and vegetable wholesaler in this central Japanese city has been providing produce to children in need affected by the...

By The Financial District
Mar 28, 20212 min read
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