WHOLESALE US prices for fertilizer are dropping, and that could signal easing food-cost pressures and relief for farmers getting set for spring planting.

STOCKS could move higher this week on the back of declining coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections in the country ahead of the release of Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) data and the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting.

AGRICULTURE OUTPUT in 2021 is expected to contract due to damage incurred late in the year from Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai), an analyst and industry representatives said.

THE ENERGY Regulatory Commission (ERC) said it expects no power interruptions during the campaign, election, and canvassing period, with contracts for reserve power currently awaiting approval.

THE National Government made debt service payments in November amounting to P81.24 billion, or triple the year-earlier total, after amortization payments surged, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of the Treasury.

ONLY two of four Philippine presidential candidates who spoke on national television at the weekend presented details of their action plan, according to political analysts.

THE PHILIPPINES posted 29,828 coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing the total to 3.42 million.

THE TOURISM department wants enhanced promotion of Davao’s dive sites as the region’s travel industry strengthens outdoor destinations for its recovery program.

“The country entered 2022 with typhoon-related damage to power facilities that could lead to reserve shortfalls (yellow alerts) in the Luzon and Visayas grids.

Dear readers, I invite you to read this piece about my late mom-in-law, Priscila Santos Manalang, or Cil. While being sentimental is partly the reason why I’m writing this — the family recently commemorated her 103rd birth anniversary (birthdate: Jan. 20, 1919) — I write about her because of her continuing relevance to our times.

The next administration will inherit a social time bomb — this social timebomb is income inequality, or the gaps in the distribution of wealth among members of a population.

LONDON — Britain on Saturday accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine, and said Russian intelligence officers had been in contact with a number of former Ukrainian politicians as part of plans for an invasion.