The Philippines is the world’s second largest producer of coconuts. Last week, the Philippine coconut was showcased in the Food Philippines pavilion at Foodex Japan, the largest food and beverage trade show in Asia, held in Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan. Coconut is a top dollar earner in the agricultural export industry. Its products include coconut […]
The Philippines is seen as one of the markets that will lead printing growth in Southeast Asia, which is poised to become the global production center for the industry over the next four years, a global printing company said. “Within Epson, the Philippines now ranks No. 3. It came out from No. 4 last year,” […]
The Philippines is to lease from Japan five aircraft to help patrol the disputed South China Sea, President Benigno Aquino announced on Wednesday, as China expands its military presence in the region. The Philippine military, for decades preoccupied with domestic insurgencies, has been shifting its focus to territorial defence, allocating 83 billion pesos ($1.77 billion) […]
With 45 percent of senior management positions held by women, Russia has once again topped a ranking of countries with the highest percentage of women in senior business roles, followed by the Philippines and Lithuania, a report published on Tuesday said. Japan, where only 7 percent of senior leadership roles are held by women, remained […]
A Japanese submarine will visit the Philippines for the first time in 15 years, along with two warships that will then sail on to Vietnam, in a show of support for nations opposed to Beijing’s ambitions in the South China Sea, a person familiar with the matter said. The Japanese submarine, which is used for […]
The Japanese government plans to lease five of its retired training aircraft to the Philippine Navy, according to a report. The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the Philippines will use Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force TC-90 for air patrol missions in the South China Sea. The aircraft currently used by the Philippine Navy for air patrol missions have […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the Philippines to post double-digit economic growth amid a steady improvement in public investment efficiency over the next 15 years. In a report, IMF economist Takuji Komatsuzaki said the improvement in public investment efficiency generates substantial additional benefits particularly through higher gross domestic product (GDP) growth. The IMF considered […]
The El Niño weather phenomenon, which has destroyed P4 billion worth of Philippine crops, has eased to “moderate levels” and would possibly end by the second quarter, according to Australian climate experts. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said in its latest bulletin that temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean, on the surface and below, were observed […]
A Philippine official said Wednesday that he recently spotted five suspected Chinese coast guard and navy ships at a disputed atoll in the South China Sea and fears Beijing will take control of another area frequented by Filipino, Vietnamese and Malaysian fishermen. Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon Jr., who heads a Philippine-claimed region in the disputed Spratly […]
Some of the world’s giant flowers, those of the parasitic plant genus Rafflesia, can reach up to a meter and a half in diameter. Therefore, what could be more impressive about them are ‘dwarves’ such as the record-breaking one that was recently discovered by scientists from theUniversity of the Philippines Diliman and the University of […]
