The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) recently recognized D&L Industries’ wholly owned subsidiary Chemrez Technologies, Inc. at the inaugural Coconut Industry Sustainability (COINS) Awards. Chemrez received awards as the Most Diversified and Innovative Firm in the Philippine coconut industry as...
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel is pushing for the amendment of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act as a measure to revitalize the country’s “underperforming” coconut industry. Enacted into law in 2021, as embodied under Republic Act (RA) No. 11524, the coco trust fund...
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has approved the use of an organic pesticide developed by Chemrez Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of D&L Industries, a manufacturer of specialty food ingredients and oleochemicals, against the coconut scale insect, also known as Cocolisap. In a statement, the...
President Marcos has approved the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) until 2028. Marcos signed issued Memorandum Circular No. 84 dated May 21 which approved and adopted the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan 2024-2028. The CFIDP aims to provide targeted interventions...
(Unsplash) The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) must expedite the implementation of the "long-delayed" health benefits for coconut farmers. Thus, said AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T....
The Private Sector Advisory Council, represented by Noel Tempongko and Kartini Lim of Century Pacific Food Inc., has received the Bayaniyugan Gabay Award from the Philippine Coconut Authority at the COINS Awards Night 2024 for its contributions to sustainable practices and the empowerment of...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has lauded the renewed commitment of President Marcos to adequately fund the “ambitious” program of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to plant 100 million coconut trees by 2028. The...
There is a great opportunity for the country to become the world's no. 1 coconut exporter, President Marcos said. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos made the statement after the Private Sector Advisory Council-Agriculture Sector Group (PSAC-ASG) recommended the launching of a massive...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has underscored the need for local government unit (LGU) support in the Phlippine Coconut Authority's (PCA) plan to plant some 8.5 million seedlings this year. The massive...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday, November 21 called on the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to expedite the disbursement of medical assistance to coconut farmers, after noting how the agency submitted its plan one year into the administration. Cayetano said the slow...
(Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is supporting the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)’s plan to tap (LGUs) in its Coconut Planting and Replanting Project. "The all-out support of LGUs in coconut-producing localities behind the PCA’s...
President Marcos has ordered the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to come up with a general plan to develop and rehabilitate the coconut industry as it carries out a massive coconut planting and replanting program. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this...
