Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Monday, June 27 called on Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar to look into the concern of farmers and farm workers regarding the reported consequences and adverse effects of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) or Republic Act No. 11203 before he...
BAGUIO CITY -- A total of P141.3 million worth of fertilizer discount voucher, farm machineries and equipment were simultaneously turned over by the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera to rice and corn farmers in Apayao and Abra province. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The turnover was done on Saturday,...
POLICE uproot 57 fully grown marijuana plants and arrested two farmers in Barangay Nataban, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Friday, June 24. (Photo courtesy of San Carlos City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – Fifty-seven fully grown marijuana plants valued at P240,000 were uprooted and two...
Tilapia is the Philippines’ second-most important farmed fish, after bangus. It is also the most consumed fish in the Philippines, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The most predominant species in the country is Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Monday evening, June 20, rejected president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as the Department of Agriculture’s Secretary, claiming that Marcos will only worsen hunger in the country. (Department of Agriculture / Manila Bulletin)...
Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Monday, June 20, refuted various claims, reiterating that planting food is not a crime and supporting farmers is not a criminal act. Farmers and advocates on Hacienda Tinang (Photo from Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas) The statement is in...
Former ‘kaingineros’ rejuvenate cacao trees as new market emerges Hopes are running high for former “kaingineros” or slash-and-burn farmers in Valencia, Negros Oriental, who have shifted to planting cacao trees and are now rejuvenating them as they are reassured of a new market that has...
If House Committee on Ways and Means chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda would have his way, he would revise the government's Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan in order to cover two key areas. (Unsplash) “There are two areas that are not very well-articulated in the...
Outgoing Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday, June 14 said there is a need to amend Republic Act No. 11524 or the Coconut Farmers Industry Trust Fund Act in order to ensure that farmers are well-represented. Pangilinan noted that the committee mandated to oversee the disbursement of...
MABINI, Pangasinan – A farmer was killed while six others were injured in a lightning strike in Sitio Sta. Rita, Barangay Nibaliw, here Sunday, June 12. Police identified the fatality as Marcelo Flores, 40, and the injured were Marvin Mendoza, 37; Richard Flores, 26; Eduardo Dizon Jr., 21;...
A progressive group on Sunday, June 12, asked the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to conduct an on-site investigation to check the condition of 50 farmers and advocates who are allegedly detained in a “tiny 3x3 cell” in the Concepcion Police Station in Tarlac. The National Network of Agrarian...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, June 11, urged authorities to respect human rights and the dignity of the farmers and land reform advocates they arrested in Hacienda Tinang in Concepcion, Tarlac. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) The Vice President said it was clear the...
