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EXPLAINER: Is it safe to eat heavy metal-laden fish from Manila Bay and Laguna Lake?

Heavy metals, such as lead, mercury, and cadmium, are lipophilic substances, which means they tend…

IMF: Time for BSP to use rate tweaks vs supply shocks

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) might have to employ policy rate adjustments not just…

Restaurants seen to regain prepandemic vibrancy next year

The country’s food service sales are projected to grow by 12 percent in 2024 and…

PH dairy imports seen rising 14% in 2024

 The volume of the country’s dairy imports is expected to climb by around 14 percent…

Selling premier avocado brand

Chef Cza Jagto-Sevilla is the founder and CEO of Avocadoria, a chain of retail kiosks…

DA must help in DepEd feeding program

If the Department of Agriculture (DA) significantly increases its involvement with the Department of Education’s…

Universal Robina brings online P5.4-B flour mill in Quezon

Snack food maker Universal Robina Corp. (URC) has opened a P5.4-billion flour mill in Quezon…

Urban farming takes root as a strategy for food security

The government and the private sector as well have been looking at urban farming as…

Meat imports up 12.6% as swine fever lingers

The country’s meat imports surpassed the 1-billion kilogram mark in September as the African swine…

DTI warns of counterfeit Highlands corned beef

Patrons of Highlands Gold Corned Beef are warned of counterfeit products circulating in the market,…