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PBA: Import roster complete by Saturday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 04:02 PM

The PBA is expecting all Governors Cup imports to be in the country by Saturday. Read more »

PBA: Meralco changes imports, taps Tony Bishop

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 11:55 AM

The Meralco Bolts have switched imports ahead of the start of the 2021 PBA Governors' Cup. Read more »

Joblessness in farms also due to imports: Agri group

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 03:45 PM

Poultry farmers said the spike in the unemployment rate in agriculture was also due to the government’s policies promoting the importation of meat Read more »

PBA: Changing imports more complicated due to pandemic

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 01:30 PM

Changing foreign reinforcements is a process that has now been made more complex by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

PBA: NLEX to stick with tried-and-tested import

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 03:54 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the business of signing reinforcements all the more complex for PBA ball clubs. Read more »

PBA: Guiao, ex-teammates recall Tony Harris’ greatness

Rey Joble
Updated as of Oct 16 11:52 AM

On October 10, 1992, Tony Harris put up a scoring show that may never be seen again — a player scoring more than 100 points in a game. Read more »

Philippine trade deficit widens to $3.29 billion in July

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 09 01:19 PM

The Philippines external trade in goods grew by almost a fifth in July, but the trade deficit also widened by more than half. Read more »

Corn farmers oppose reduction of yellow corn tariffs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 07:50 PM

Philippine corn farmers said lowering tariffs on yellow corn will be detrimental to local corn growers. Read more »

Australia taking China to WTO over wine duties

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 19 08:04 AM

Australia is lodging a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on Australian wine exports, the government announced Saturday. Read more »

Philippines' April exports, imports rise at fastest pace in over a decade

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 12:18 PM

Philippine merchandise imports grew a hefty 140.9 percent in April from a year earlier, while exports jumped 72.1 percent, both rising at their fastest pace in more than a decade, government data showed on Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte temporarily slashes imported rice tariffs, 'modifies' pork import tariffs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 08:20 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved temporarily reducing the tariff rates on imported rice, and "further modified" tariffs on imported pork products to ease the burden on consumers, his office said on Saturday.  Read more »

Duterte raises MAV for pork imports to 254,210 metric tons

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 01:32 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved an over fourfold increase in the importation of pork to augment the shortage of its local supply due to African swine fever outbreaks, based on a document that Malacañang released on Tuesday.  Read more »

Gov't urged to boost support for local hog industry as pork import tariff eases

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 03:37 PM

Pork imports can augment supply while the country grapples with the African Swine Fever but the local hog industry needs government support while repopulating, an agriculture economics specialist said Tuesday.    Read more »

Locsin thanks Vietnam for offer of 'guaranteed' rice shipments

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 12:13 AM

MANILA - Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday thanked Vietnam for its “offer to guarantee rice shipments” to the Philippines during last year’s lockdown. Read more »

Philippines' Feb trade deficit smallest in 3 months

Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 10:21 AM

The Philippines recorded a $2.29 billion trade deficit in February, the smallest in three months, as the value of imports fell to the lowest since June last year, while a decline in exports slowed, official data showed on Thursday. Read more »

Duterte payag sa pagtaas ng pork importation sa bansa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 10:24 PM

MAYNILA - Nagpadala na ng liham si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Kongreso para sabihin payag siya na itaas ang minimum access volume (MAV) o dami ng mga iaangkat ng bansa na karneng baboy sa taon na ito.  Read more »

BSP sees stability in position of peso

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 05:40 AM

The Philippine peso will be staying at its current levels, based on the projections of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Read more »

‘First time namin marinig’: DA launches fact-finding on alleged ‘tongpats’ racket in agency

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 09:16 PM

An official from the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday said an investigating panel has been created to look into an alleged kickback scheme in the agency linked to the proposed increase of pork imports even as he believes it does not exist.   Read more »

Palace: Duterte to look into alleged 'tongpats' scheme on pork imports

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 05:58 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will look into an alleged racket that would supposedly bring in up to P6 billion in kickbacks from the proposed increase of pork imports even as he still trusts Agriculture Secretary William Dar, Malacañang said on Tuesday.   Read more »

Agri group bats for more loans to local hog raisers, warns vs pork tariff cuts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 11:47 AM

Instead of lowering tariffs on pork, the government should give local farmers access to more funds so they can grow the hog population in the country which will solve the problem of rising pork prices, an agriculture advocacy group said Thursday.   Read more »