CDO marks 30th year; One of the Philippines' largest meat processors.
What started as a hobby in 1975 has turned into a corporate success today, and in the process has brought the local meat processing industry on a significant place to help ensure the countrys food security. CDO-Foodsphere Inc., one of the countrys largest meat processors, marked on...

Officials allay EVAT fears; Assure minimal impact on prices of basic goods.
Byline: EDMER F. PANESA Excise tax, tariff on oil products cut Officials of the Department of Finance (DoF) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday that the impending implementation of the expanded value-added tax (EVAT) law will not have much impact on...

DA chief cites good potential of Ilocos Sur processing firm.
Byline: FREDDIE G. LAZARO VIGAN CITY - Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban has cited the potential of a food processing plant in Ilocos Sur in stabilizing food prices in Metro Manila once it becomes operational and delivers its products to the metropolis and other population centers. ...

With implementation of EVAT; DTI sees minimal impact on prices.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) yesterday reiterated that the implementation of the Republic Act 9337 or the Expanded Value-Added Tax (EVAT) has a very minimal impact on the prices of basic goods. Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila assured...

Monterey bags 'Seal of Excellence'.
The country's leading meat retailer, Monterey, was recently awarded the Seal of Excellence by The Department of Agriculture-National Meat Inspection Services (NMIS) for best and cleanest abattoir in the Triple A category. The Monterey meat plant in Cavite supplies 80 percent of the company's meats. The Seal...

Four more guilty in string of arsons.
Byline: Bill Bishop and David Steves The Register-Guard The final four defendants awaiting trial for conspiring in arsons and sabotage by radical environmental groups took plea deals Thursday in federal court in Eugene, bringing a declaration of victory among law enforcement agencies that worked a decade to...

Missing meat at BoC; (Editor's note: It sounds incredible, but Customs officials and agents noted that R20 M worth of pork was missing from a large van as noted by the author.).
Byline: Romeo V. Pefianco THE bigger volume of imported items is kept at the Customs North Harbor warehouse. Last week one controversial shipment of "misdeclared pork" worth R40 M was declared "considerably sliced." (MB, Nov. 19, p. 12) Tons of meat missing? When...

RP committed to biotechnology -- DA official.
Byline: MARVYN N. BENANING Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano yesterday told 70 biotechnology experts participating in a workshop in Manila that the Philippines is committed to strengthen technical cooperation in boosting the application of biotechnological advances in agriculture. Serrano keynoted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Agricultural...

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Persons with disabilities day set The Archdiocese of Manila celebrates Persons With Disabilities (PWD) Day tomorrow, Dec. 3, at the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Makati City. Organized by the Archdiocese of Manila's Office for Persons with Disabilities Ministries (AMOPDM), the celebrations will focus on...

COCK OF THE WALK.
Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard If he's bothered by the ghosts of chickens past, the Fifth Street Public Market's new rooster-in-residence doesn't show it. Of course, Bach - a gloriously glossy black rooster with a mop-top of white feathers and sleek, silvery-black legs a tap...