The Departments of Agriculture (DA), Transportation (DOTr), and Energy (DOE) joined forces to provide farming and fishing communities in the Philippines access to refrigerated container vans or reefer vans. This is expected to benefit both producers and consumers. On...
The Philippines and India inked an agreement for the export of military equipment by India into the Philippines. The agreement will serve as guidelines for the policies and procedures in procuring defense items including government-to-government procurement...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Board has approved a total of 33 new projects in March 2021 – these are expected to bring about PHP 13.19 billion (USD 272 million) investments and generate 2,447 employment opportunities in host areas of the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has declared a total of 69 locations in Negros Occidental and Palawan as remote, underserved and unserved areas, which are open for the private sector to provide electricity services as a Qualified Third Party (QTP). According to a...
Republic Cement, a leading construction solutions provider and Colgate-Palmolive Philippines, makers of leading oral and personal care health and hygiene products, have joined together to address the plastic waste problem in the Philippines. Both companies signed a...
The Philippine government is fast-tracking policies to stabilize food supply and ensure that households affected by COVID-19 will not be doubly affected by the increase in food prices. One of the policies is the Philippine Department of Agriculture’s...
President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the acquisition of 15 Black Hawk helicopters to slowly address the growing heavy-lift deficiency of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and decommissioning of its Huey helicopters. The decision comes on the heels of a recent...
According to a report by JP Morgan, the regulatory environment in the Philippines will help increase the country’s growth in digital banking and payments. JP Morgan projects that the potential market value for digital payments in the ASEAN-6 markets (Philippines,...
Philippine-based geothermal company Energy Development Corp. (EDC) announced that it has tapped two companies of Japanese firm Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group to provide equipment and local support for the expansion projects of its Bacon-Manito (BacMan) geothermal...
Maynilad, the largest private water concessionaire in the Philippines in terms of customer base, announced that it has opened its new and expanded Water Laboratory, which monitors and tests the quality of water supply and wastewater effluents within its concession...
The Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA), a state-owned enterprise mandated to develop former military assets (particularly land assets) into industrial centers, has released a bidding invitation for the design and construction of the first phase of the...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr), in partnership with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), has completed 121 airport projects to date. It will commence work on a further 75 airport projects. All projects are part of the government’s massive...
