THE BusinessMirror earned a runner-up finish in its debut in a global competition for journalists reporting on agricultural issues. A team of BusinessMirror reporters composed of Jasper Emmanuel Y. Arcalas, Cai U. Ordinario, Jovee Marie Dela Cruz, and Jovynelle Rodriguez, a student from the Lyceum of the Philippines University, were…
By Cai U. Ordinario THE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has begun the construction of a nine-storey residential building for the Philippine Navy. A symbolic capsule-laying and groundbreaking for the project was held last week and it was led by BCDA Chairman Delfin Lorenzana, BCDA President and Chief Executive…
YUCHENGCO-led Rizal MicroBank Inc. (RMB) introduced a loan facility targeting the underbanked agricultural sector. The wholly-owned thrift bank of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. said that through the facility called AgriBiz Production Loan it will provide credit to individual farmers and farmer organizations to allow them to strengthen their agribusinesses. RMB officials…
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has begun efforts to digitalize the government’s procurement process. The DBM said the digitalization will start with the pilot testing of the revised Procurement Reports, considered as a milestone towards improved planning and monitoring by Procuring Entities. This, Budget Secretary and concurrent Government…
Agriculture Magazine content producer Vina Medenilla won Best Agriculture Feature Story (National) at the 15th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards (Bright Leaf) for her story, “Cavite Interior Designer is also a Weekend Farmer,” a feature on farmer Pinky Peralta and her journey as a designer,