Environmental health organizations in the Philippines are jointly praising the Supreme Court's immediate resolution on a civil society lawsuit to compel the government to act on non-environmentally acceptable products and packaging (NEAPP) causing plastic pollution.
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) was pressed Tuesday to step up public awareness on available government loans and grants for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMES) hit by recent typhoons. To prevent loan sharks and online lending schemes targeting small business owners, Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian prodded the…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has started its crackdown on establishments allegedly engaged in profiteering in areas hit by Typhoon Odette (international code name Rai). During the public address of President Duterte late Monday, Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez disclosed they are already looking into the compliance of…
The damage caused by Typhoon Odette would have a serious impact on the country’s economy that is already reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on the government’s running assessment of the destruction left the by strongest storm to hit the country this year, damage to infrastructure and…