TOKYO — Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain. It is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the decades. But since last…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu’s egg supply chain may take a major hit in the coming months as the Department of Agriculture (DA) warns of a looming egg shortage by April due to dwindling poultry production and…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture sees no possible rice price hike until early 2024, its Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said. According to de Mesa, there are no signs of an increase in rice prices…
SINGAPORE – Oil prices rose to their highest level in 10 months on Friday, after China cut banks’ cash reserve requirements to boost its economic recovery, and on expectations that major global interest rate hike cycles were…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) and the bulk water company Abejo Waters Corp. (AWC) renewed its bulk water supply agreement on Friday, May 19, 2023. For the past ten years, the AWC…
The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) is exploring ways to counter the rising retail prices of onion in the markets, including importation. Jose Diego Roxas, spokesperson for the BPI, told the Inquirer in a text message that the agency…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) targets to deliver an additional 15,000 cubic meters of water daily to its consumers in mountain barangays of Cebu City by September. MCWD’s Corporate Planning Department Acting…
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) has said that there might be an increase in supply of illegal drugs in December because of the parties that will be expected to happen. “Kay expectedly…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The recent anti-illegal drug operation where 10 kilos of suspected shabu were confiscated after a bloody shootout in Barangay Taptap, Cebu City, has caused a dent in the supply of illegal drugs in…
MANILA, Philippines — Two US pharmaceutical firms are willing to supply COVID-19 vaccines to the country in the third quarter of next year, the Philippines’ envoy to the US said Friday. “I am pleased to report that,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City assured the public that essential goods such as farm goods from Cebu’s vegetable capital, Dalaguete town, could enter the city unimpeded. Cebu City Spokesperson Rey Gealon said that Executive Order No.…
In the face of a global pandemic, it is only natural to stock up on some preventive vitamin c packets in an attempt to boost our immune system. Sometimes called ascorbic acid, vitamin C supports our immune…
