The Department of Agriculture (DA) will soon launch the Optimization and Resiliency In the Onion Industry Network (ORION) Program in a bid to help the local onion industry improve its production and eventually lead to an ample supply of the agriculture product in the country. Onions (Mark...
The little but abundant garden of Mia Pettyjohn-Anderson and Chaz Anderson. (Mia Pettyjohn-Anderson) In East Tawakoni, Texas, there lives a Filipina with a backyard garden full of flowers, fruits, and Filipino vegetables. 34-year-old Mia Pettyjohn-Anderson, along with her American husband Chaz...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Small onions were sold at P50 per kilo in this town on market day on Thursday, Jan. 26. Vegetable vendor Baby Doloque, 52, a resident of Tocok West, Bayambang, purchased onions from a farm in San Gabriel, Bayambang and was immediately sold out. This was the commodity’s...
The National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC), which is chaired by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is looking at “legal actions” among possible solutions to soaring prices of onion in the country to protect consumers and improve supply. This developed after DTI Secretary Alfredo E....
A visibly irate Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo asked a Department of Agriculture (DA) official during a House of Representatives panel briefing Wednesday Jan. 25 whether or not he believes there's a cartel in the local onion industry. Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo,...
ILOILO CITY (PNA) – With the exorbitant price of onions these days, an Ilongga bride chose practicality over aesthetics when she carried an onion bouquet when she walked down the aisle instead of the traditional collection of dainty white or colorful flowers. April Lyka Biorrey-Nobis, in an...
A total of 10 kilos of sibuyas! Four days before their wedding, April Lyka Birrey and Erwin Nobis asked their good friend Carl Michael Montecarlo Poblacion of Wonderful Works to come up with a bridal bouquet with touches of onions. It was a challenge he couldn't pass up. Add to the fact that the...
President and Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, said that the government is implementing a program to assist onion farmers in increasing their yield in order to stabilize supply and lower the commodity's price. FARMERS harvest onions in a remote...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. ordered on Tuesday, Jan. 24, an official of the department's Pangasinan office to take a leave following the alleged harassment by policemen on some onion farmers in the province. This, after DILG...
The local government of Magsaysay in Davao del Sur is planning to boost onion farming along with other high-value crops amid the rising price of the commodity. FARMERS harvest onions in a remote barangay in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of MAO Magsaysay) Municipal Agriculture Office...
The price surge on onions is a big headache for Filipinos, but it's a solvable problem. (Unsplash) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda made this assertion on Monday, Jan. 23 a few hours after the House Committee on Ways and Means held a inquiry on the state of agricultural smuggling in the...
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija – The GMA Kapuso Foundation Inc. with the assistance of the military recently provided food packs to distressed onion farmers from Aurora and Nueva Ecija. Major Gen. Andrew D. Costelo, commander of the Army 7th Infantry Division, said that the Army 91st Infantry...
