PH running short of garlic, onions — DA
After the sugar importation mess, the Department of Agriculture (DA) hinted that there is nothing nice about the supply of ...
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With a grain of salt
Rather alarming, to put it mildly, that while the Philippines, an archipelago surrounded by water, has to import 93 percent ...
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Of sugar, salt, spice and nothing nice
"In the aftermath of this sugar fiasco, some medium term effects will not be so nice" After a series of ...
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‘Ber months to usher in mixed retail prices for salt, sugar products
With the “Ber” months signaling the holidays approaching, prices of salt are going up while the prices of sugar are ...
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Salt and other imports
"We used to be self-sufficient." Did you know that about 90 percent of salt, the all-important seasoning in almost ...
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Salt of the Earth
A salt farmer in Malolos, Bulacan—no doubt a hardworking father too, as the world celebrates Father’s Day today—trudges with baskets ...
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Rice, salt, sugar, oil
"Now back to the basics." Many Filipino families have this practice of entering the door of a new ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.