Harsh solar realities
I attended my first solar power trade show last Monday and like the glare from the sun, the trade show was a harsh reality for an idealist like me.
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I attended my first solar power trade show last Monday and like the glare from the sun, the trade show was a harsh reality for an idealist like me.
THE National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) on Thursday maintained that lower tariff rates benefit Filipino consumers, citing lower inflation rates for meat and other commodities this year. In a statement, Neda reiterated that extending the reduced most favored nation (MFN) tariff rates on pork, corn and rice would help…
LOCAL food producers are being “penalized” by the Marcos Jr. administration with its decision to extend lower tariff rates on key food items until the end of 2024, the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) said on Wednesday. “It is very unfortunate that the economic team led by Secretaries Ben Diokno…
Bulls appear to be taking over the market
The lifting of EO 39 ordering the price caps on rice does not end the conflict between the proponents of “free trade” or the all-out liberalization in the market for agricultural products and the farmer leaders who are demanding the government’s adoption of a “fair trade” policy to govern the sector, meaning a policy supportive