Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has credited his recent town hall meetings in building mutually beneficial working relationships between ordinary people and relevant organizations that could help them. In an interview with a Zamboanga City-based online radio station earlier...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap on Tuesday, April 12 said he is staking his life for the sake of the 130,000 Benguet farmers whose livelihood is being threatened by unabated agricultural smuggling. Yap said this in his virtual appearance before the Senate Committee of the Whole hybrid hearing...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday urged the government to heed the local Filipino farmers call and refrain from importing agricultural products if it would hurt them. Go, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, made the call after the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)...
In Pampanga, not politicians but a group of farmers raised the hands of vice presidential bet Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan to show support and to thank him for being an advocate of the agriculture sector. (Photo from Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan) The farmers from San Simon, Pampanga...
Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo said it is time for the government to focus on improving the country's agriculture industry, such as increasing the sector's budget. Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and running mate Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan meet with...
Vice presidential candidate Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said the immediate delivery of assistance to farmers and fisherfolk will be prioritized in a Robredo-Pangilinan administration. Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan (Photo courtesy of Team Kiko) Pangilinan made the remark during a...
House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan De Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has underscored the call to exempt the Department of Agriculture's (DA) distribution of fuel subsidy from the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) spending ban. (FILE PHOTO) The national government, last March, approved a...
Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Thursday, April 7, expressed their support for Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan amid the constant red-tagging against the tandem and the volunteers of Leni-Kiko people’s campaign. (Image courtesy of Kilusang...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Monday, April 4, urged the government to revoke the biosafety permits granted to Golden Rice. (Image courtesy of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas) “Today is the 62nd year anniversary of the (IRRI) in the Philippines. IRRI is among the main...
A total of 250 farmers from Hacienda Murcia and Hacienda Tinang in Capas, Tarlac and Zaragosa, Nueva Ecija attended the “Makabayang Pagbabago” forum in Concepcion, Tarlac, said peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP). The forum was held to discuss pressing issues that farmers face...
How this award-winning program turned into a staple program amidst the pandemic What makes a thriving community? For SM Development Corporation (SMDC), it’s more than what meets the eye. SMDC has always been at the forefront of community building in the Philippines. And even when the COVID-19...
Several farmers' groups started a 40-day, 4,400-kilometer march-caravan to show support for the candidacy of Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan in the May 2022 elections. Farmers march for Leni-Kiko. (Photo by Jimmy A Domingo) The caravan, dubbed as...
