The Department of Agriculture would be implementing stricter sanitary and pythosanitary measures on the issuance of import clearance to address the huge entry of imported rice and curb poor quality rice imports.

Finance Sec. Carlos Dominguez has said the Duterte administration has finally broken the “stranglehold of inefficiency” in the domestic rice industry with the passage of the Rice Tariffication Law that aims to “revolutionize” the agriculture sector and slash the retail cost of the staple for the benefit of over 100 million consumers.

Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares urged the public to be more vigilant against Meralco bidding its supply contract to its own company saying that such could lead to inordinately high rates and power rate hikes for twenty years.

Financial difficulties have happened to each of us. At these moments, the question “How to quickly find money?” arises in the head. Sometimes, waiting for the approval of banks, collecting a pile of documents is not an option. The most common option is to apply for personal cash loans with sure approval in the Phillippines through a micro lending company. This is a safe and quick option, however, until now, many are afraid to contact microfinance organizations because of their lack of knowledge about how to do it right.

With the vast majority of professional sports being focused primarily on male athletes, females can often get the short end of the stick. Coverage for women’s sports have long been less than their male counterparts, and the viewing is nowhere near the same level as men’s events. However, through this struggle to gain support and backing for female athletes, many have found great success in their field.

The government should take advantage of recovering exports to selected markets while also sustaining the improvement of infrastructure to uplift the trade sector, the National Economic and Development Authority said.

After some outstanding racing across the 2019 season of Australian GT, the championship comes to its conclusion at Melbourne’s Sandown Park Raceway alongside Supercars this weekend with the promise of an epic battle for the multiple titles on offer.

In addition to the popular CAMS Australian GT Championship calendar recently released for 2020, organisers have revealed the dates of a dedicated new-look program for GT4 - a six round championship that will encompass some of the blue-ribbon events of the GT3 series, whilst also including two standalone events dedicated specifically to the GT4 category.

Australian GT have confirmed the date and venue for the final event of the 2020 CAMS Australian Endurance Championship, with the legendary Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit - the host of some of the most incredible GT battles of recent years - the scene of the third round of the new season in mid-August.

Improvement in government expenditures is expected to boost domestic growth to the six percent level starting in the third quarter this year after the slowdown in the first half, according to an economist of a local bank.

Fraser Ross turned in a flawless drive during Australian GT’s second race on the streets of Surfers Paradise, the McLaren 720S GT3 driver adding a win to his new lap record to conclude an almost perfect weekend, although it was race one winner Ryan Millier who claimed the round victory after finishing second in the Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3.

Gold Coast rookie Ryan Millier has claimed victory in the opening race of Australian GT’s return to the streets of Surfers Paradise, the Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan driver turning in a flawless race to take over the lead after a setback for pole sitter and early race leader Fraser Ross during the compulsory pit stop.

59Racing’s Fraser Ross has claimed pole position for the opening CAMS Australian GT Championship race on the streets of the Gold Coast after two epic 15-minute qualifying sessions on the demanding beachside circuit, the Victorian pushing the standing qualifying lap record to within hundredths of a second, as he threw down the gauntlet to the title contenders.

MANILA -- The latest assessment by Philippine monetary officials shows better growth figures for the domestic economy in the second half of 2019, with an expansion to as much as 6.5 percent in the last quarter.

“The inflation outlook for the rest of the year is, it will at least go sideways or lower,” MB member Bruce Tolentino told journalists in an interview after the Bankers Institute of the Philippines general membership meeting in Makati City.