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PH manufacturing drops for 10th straight month in Dec

The Philippine manufacturing sector continued to contract in both volume and value…
  • February 5, 2021
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PCCI pushes for calibrated pork importation

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry is proposing calibrated importation of…
  • February 5, 2021
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Duterte oks more pork imports

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved additional pork imports to boost supply and…
  • February 4, 2021
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Econ Intel task force formed to run after hoarders, smugglers

The economic intelligence (Econ Intel) task force will initially go after unscrupulous…
  • February 4, 2021
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PEZA approves first pharma ecozone

The Philippine Economic Zone Authority approved Philstar Marketing Development, Inc.’s registration as…
  • February 2, 2021
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60-day price ceiling for pork, chicken set in NCR

• A 60-day price cap on pork and chicken products has been…
  • February 1, 2021
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PH manufacturing expands in Jan after 3-month dip

Philippine manufacturing conditions recorded a turnaround in in January 2021 after three…
  • February 1, 2021
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Cebu temporarily stops hog exports from Feb 1

Cebu bans hog exports for six months beginning Feb 1 amid a…
  • January 31, 2021
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‘Hog lanes’ designated to guarantee pork, poultry supply amid ASF

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has designated the country’s nautical highway and the Maharlika Highway in Luzon as special hog lanes to guarantee unhampered transport of hog shipments from Visayas and Mindanao.
  • January 30, 2021
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PH economy sinks 9.5% in 2020, its worst showing since 1946

The Philippine economy shrank 8.3% in the fourth quarter of 2020, translating…
  • January 28, 2021
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