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MANILA (Reuters) – Private equity firm KKR & Co will invest $400 million in telecoms tower operations and expansion in the Philippines, the U.S. Department of Commerce said on Wednesday, among a slew of deals in a…
CEBU CITY—With the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Cebu and other areas in Central Visayas, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) called on the local government officials to support fishermen and fish…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Legal Office (CLO) is going after five rice traders and retailers at the Taboan and Carbon Public Markets for allegedly overpricing their rice products. City Legal Officer Rey Gealon told…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Food Authority (NFA)-7 might reduce their allocation of NFA-rice to rice traders starting this year. “More on buffer stocking nalang mi, hilabi na in time sa calamities. But ang market, it…
THE crackdown on wildlife meat traders will be relentless especially with the recent apprehension of at least 60 kilograms of green sea turtle meat in Barangay Pasil, Cebu City. Atty. Habeas Corpuz, National Bureau of Investigation Environmental…
NATIONAL Food Authority (NFA) is encouraged to conduct first a consultation before implementing the Suggested Retail Price (SRP) of rice products. “For me, the SRP should undergo consultation between traders and stakeholders because they (NFA) are not…
If Cebu rice retailers implement the suggested retail prices (SRP) for rice, this move would cripple their businesses. During yesterday’s orientation on the implementation of the SRP on rice in Cebu, Consolacion Mayor Teresa Alegrado, president of…
Starting today (October 3), the Cebu City Prevention Restoration Order Beautification Enhancement (PROBE) will now apprehend illegal wildlife traders. PROBE head Raquel Arce announced in a press interview that the Department of Natural Resources in Central…
SENATOR Cynthia Villar on Tuesday said she thinks there is no rice shortage in the country and that the rice that should have been in the market are just stocked in the storage of traders. “For me,…
BIZMEN URGE POLICE Although investor confidence remains high, local traders believe spate of killings will have negative impact if they remain unsolved Tourism sector alarmed too, urge authorities to secure the “bread and butter” industry of the…
The Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries expressed willingness to have its employees undergo training to become wildlife enforcement officers following the city council’s resolution to go after illegal wildlife traders on Magallanes Street, Cebu City. The…
DESPITE the warnings given by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR – 7) to the illegal trading of wildlife, some traders continue to sell without having the necessary permits to sell these…
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