By Cai U. Ordinario @caiordinario HIGHER international poverty lines could increase the ranks of the poor by 43 million in lower middle income countries in East Asia and the Pacific, according to World Bank estimates. World Bank economists Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Aziz Atamanov, Dean Mitchell Jolliffe, Christoph Lakner, and Samuel…
By Cai U. Ordinario @caiordinario THE Philippines plans to import 200,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar to stabilize the domestic price of the sweetener. Of the planned import volume, 100,000 metric tons (MT) will be standard grade refined sugar and the other 100,000 MT will be bottlers’ grade refined…
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has imposed a temporary ban on the importation of pork products from Thailand due to an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in the Southeast Asian nation. While Thailand is not accredited to export pork to the Philippines, the DA said the ban is a…
THE national government’s auction on Monday of five luxury vehicles to the public has failed, no bids were received by the Bureau of Customs (BOC), the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr). In a livestreamed public auction, the interagency auction committee was forced to declare…