Comelec signs automated elections contract. Commission on Elections Chairman Jose Melo (right) listens as Smartmatic sales director Cesar Zavarce (left) demonstrates the Direct Recording Electronic System to be used in the ARMM elections this August. With them are Smartmatic’s Juan Villa and Cesar Quiambao. (Marianne Bermudez)
DA buying more local rice
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has vowed to buy more palay from local farmers for the remaining months of the year as it said the government will rely more on tougher, higher-yielding seeds developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
Senate President Manuel B. Villar Jr. yesterday urged government to stay away from running businesses imbued with public interest such as the Manila Electric Corp. (Meralco) because "the government has traditionally shown that it has never been a good manager."
"Wala pa naman tayong maipapakitang magaling ng pagpapatakbo ng korporasyon. Dapat ay hinay- hinay sa mga ganyang government takeover (We can’t show anything that can prove we are good at running corporations. We should go slow in any government takeover)," Villar said.
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Exports decline 6.8% in March due to lower electronics shipments
Lower electronics shipments pushed Philippine merchandise exports 6.8 percent down from a year earlier to $ 4.18 billion in March after enjoying 10.5 percent growth in February, the government said yesterday.
Coca-Cola regains share of lead
Magnolia Beverage found a way to limit import Jason Dixon, but it failed to stop Coke’s other reinforcement George “Gee” Gervin Jr.
Palawan, Bicol region, Visayas, and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
