Agri dept presses Japan for zero tariff on banana

The Philippines has reiterated its request for Japan to cut tariffs on Philippine bananas to zero. During the bilateral meeting of the Philippines and…

Australia urged to allow entry of PH bananas

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has called on Australia to open its market to Philippine bananas, which have remained barred from that country for…

Davao box terminal eyes throughput recovery in 2017

Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) expects to breach the 300,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) mark this year with the expected recovery of banana plantations…

PH president inaugurates expanded Davao container terminal

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has inaugurated Davao International Container Terminal, which recently completed its P5-billion expansion program. The expansion increases the container terminal’s handling capacity…

Davao port project bidder bows out

The Philippine government is hoping to convince the consortium that pulled out from the bidding of the Davao-Sasa Port Modernization project to reconsider its…

Deadline for bids to P19.7B Davao port upgrade extended anew

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has again moved the deadline for the submission of proposals for the P19.7-billion Davao-Sasa port modernization project…