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A community-based banana processing facility will soon be established to boost an Isabela town's local banana industry, information coming from the Department of Agriculture (DA) revealed.

Time flies. It’s been a year since we first learned about quarantine facilities.

It was during this time last year that we saw many sports and entertainment arenas, event halls, basketball courts, evacuation sites, school buildings, hotels, and even empty cargo containers and ships converted into temporary isolation facilities for asymptomatic, and mild cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

All roads in Eastern Visayas that were affected by typhoon "Bising" reopened Tuesday, April 20, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said.

The supply of fish---and consequently, its prices--has already stabilized as far as the National Capital Region (NCR)-plus is concerned, the Department of Agriculture (DA) bared Tuesday, April 20.

More than five hectares of vegetable farmland in an Isabela town would now be able to enjoy solar-powered water supply with the completion of a P1-million irrigation system, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said Thursday, April 8.

A half-hectare land in Quirino province will soon be transformed into a sustainable vegetable garden as the government moves to bring its urban gardening project to rural areas.

If Department of Agriculture (DA) Sec. William Dar would have his way, he wants to see Filipinos transform their rooftops and verandas into vegetable gardens.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) warned Filipinos over the proliferation of counterfeit coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines being manufactured locally.

Consumers were warned against the consumption of shellfish collected from at least seven locations in the country after their coastal waters remained positive for paralytic shellfish poison (PSP).

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will start to implement its P600-million swine repopulation program in areas previously affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF) that are no longer under quarantine.

More than 400 farmers in Mauban, Quezon are now land owners after finally receiving their land titles from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

Construction works on the 3.9-kilometer Sucat-Alabang Skyway Extension Project will carry on despite the strict lockdown placed over Metro Manila, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Sec. Mark Villar said.

A facility that serves as a station for narcotics detection dogs (NDDs) and their handlers has been established by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at Manila South Harbor, Port Area, Manila.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has built five more quarantine facilitiesin Bacolod City, Zamboanga City, and Surigao del Norte.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has launched the Philippine Customs Modernization Program (PCMP) which would pave the way for various projects and interventions to unify Customs processes.

Ilocos Region has received a much-needed P100-million fund from the government to boost the country’s mission to revive its salt industry.

A breathtaking 16.4-kilometer road built atop the hills to link mountainous towns of Sultan Kudarat is now almost complete, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said.

Various agricultural needs amounting to P775,000 were recently doled out by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to farmer groups in Camarines Sur to help them start and sustain their livelihood.