TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) has provided P5,000 financial assistance to 1,132 rice farmers from the first and second districts of Northern Samar. Gabriel Banga, Agricultural Program Coordinating Officer (APCO) for Northern Samar, led the...
What if farmers and fishermen in the country had their own pension system? (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has filed in the 19th Congress House Bill (HB) No. 2420, or the proposed “Agriculture Pension Act”, in a bid to institutionalize a pension and social security...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte -- Presidential son Ilocos Norte First District Representative Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos leads the distribution of agricultural machinery, equipment and other farming interventions worth P26.4 million to farmers on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Photo from DA-Region 1 The...
Nearly 10,000 farmers and fisherfolk in Region 12 were awarded with another tranche of fuel subsidies from the Department of Agriculture (DA). (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) The DA said a total of 9,837 registered farmers and fisherfolk benefitted from the fuel subsidy program....
A neophyte congressman believes he knows a way to expedite the delivery of "ayuda" or government-sourced aid-slash-subsidy to the agriculture sector. AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Facebook) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is proposing an additional P521 million in the Department of...
A peasant group on Sunday, Oct. 2, once again called on the national government to provide much-needed compensation to cyclone-affected farmers and fishermen. Brgy. Salangan in San Miguel, Bulacan still submerged in flood on Sept. 26, 2022 after the onslaught of Super Typhoon Karding. (MARK...
A farmers’ organization in Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat has received a newly renovated processing building, complete with equipment and packaging materials from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), in a bid to boost the agricultural production and income of agrarian reform...
Over 1,000 farmers and fisherfolks affected by typhoon Karding are about to receive P5,000 cash from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). Philippine Red Cross It will be distributed in Polillo Islands, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, and Tarlac, PRC said in a statement on Friday, Sept. 30. This amount is...
Filipino farmers urged the administration to discontinue “costly” importation and strengthen the country’s local rice production. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) plans to import more rice to...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it has allocated over P709 million worth of assistance and interventions for farmers affected by the devastation of Super Typhoon "Karding". Super Typhoon Karding’s strong gusts caused rice crops to bow in Mayantoc, Tarlac. (Photo courtesy of Mayantoc...
A fisherfolk group urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to discontinue the country’s importation policies amid the further devaluation of Philippine peso. (FLICKR / MANILA BULLETIN) Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) called on the Marcos...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Provincial Agriculture Office (PAGRO) of Misamis Oriental is set to implement the ‘drip irrigation system’ next year to improve the rice sufficiency level in the province. The personnel of Provincial Agriculture Office (PAGRO) of Misamis Oriental, in collaboration...
