CANDON, Ilocos Sur -- As the largest fast food chain company in the country, the Jollibee Group Corporation (JGC) through its corporate social responsibility arm, Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF), is helping lift the lives and labor of farmers in Ilocos Sur. The Farmers Entrepreneurship Program...
Palay output, or unmilled rice, rose 0.4 percent from the previous quarter to 5.04 million metric tons in the third quarter, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. The rice production from July to September was higher than the 5.03 million metric tons recorded in the second quarter. The...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) will file criminal charges before the Sandiganbayan against Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretary for Consumer Affairs Kristine Y. Evangelista and 17 others in the shortage and spiralled prices of onion in 2022. In a separate decision, the OMB...
President Marcos has urged a long-time farmers' federation to help the government in improving the country's agriculture sector, particularly in terms of productivity. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Betheena Unite) Stressing that the agriculture sector has long been neglected, Marcos...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The annual Cosechas de Zamboanga agricultural trade fair kicked on Monday, October 2, in Plaza Pershing here. Forty exhibitors, the biggest number so far since the fair started, showcased agricultural crops, ornamental plants, herbs, fruits and vegetables, and fisheries products....
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed Anti Agri-Fishery Commodities and Tobacco Economic Sabotage Act--a priority measure of the agriculture-conscious Marcos administration--has been unanimously approved on third...
The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on second reading during a marathon plenary session the measure seeking to amend--and give more teeth to--the existing Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, or...
President Marcos has certified as urgent the bill that would protect farmers and fisherfolk from unscrupulous traders and importers amid rising prices and shortages of agricultural products due to what he called "nefarious acts." File photos/Malacañang Marcos signed the letter to Senate...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) Individuals found to have committed agricultural smuggling will be meted the penalty of life imprisonment under a measure approved Wednesday, Sept. 20 by the House Committee on Agriculture and...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Grains Retailers, Traders, Millers, and Rice Importers Association has urged lawmakers to reconsider the provision on hoarding as stipulated in Senate Bill No. 2432 or the proposed Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act. A RICE retailer in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap)...
Law enforcement authorities should prioritize all well-known personalities linked to agricultural smuggling once the measure recommending hoarding, profiteering, and cartel as economic sabotage is signed into law. Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito pointed this out on Thursday,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has emphasized the need for the government to put in place an agriculture information system (AIS) to help farmers increase their productivity and assure adequate food supply in the market even with severe weather disturbances. Gatchalian has filed Senate...
