President Marcos has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to strengthening the country’s coconut industry, citing its potential to create more rural jobs and increase farmers’ incomes. Marcos said this as he visited the Century Pacific Agricultural Ventures Inc. (CPAVI) plant in...
Emphasizing that there is a great potential in the country's coconut products, President Marcos has vowed to provide significant intervention to the coconut industry with a goal of becoming the world's top coconut-producing country. Coconut farmers (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In his speech during...
President Marcos has approved increasing the budget for the massive planting and replanting programs of the coconut industry for 2025. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over the sectoral meeting to discuss the updates on the massive planting and replanting of coconut on Aug. 27,...
(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...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the petition for payment of P650 million in alleged dividends filed by Macrino A. Angeles against the Coconut Industry Investment Fund-Oil Mills Group (CIIF-OMG). The CIIF-OMG is a group of government-owned and controlled corporations registered under the...
(Unsplash) Despite an ongoing export boom, Senator Cynthia Villar has vowed to continuously protect the local coconut industry and work toward its expansion. "We are aware that our work doesn’t stop here as we [continuously] monitor the implementation...
There is no reason why the Philippines should not be the biggest producer of coconut products for export. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. made the statement during his speech at the 50th founding anniversary celebration of the...
By JAMES TABABA The recently held event, "Technology to People, Coco-usapan: Hybrids Tungo sa Masaganang Niyugan," took place at the Hive Hotel Convention Center in Quezon City on June 9. The program aimed to showcase the efforts and achievements of the Coconut Hybridization Program, a key...
Local coconut oil refiners have asked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to review the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) policy on granting tax and duty-free privilege to importers of palm oil purportedly for animal feeds compounding and implement import licensing rules to curb rampant cases of...
More than three million farmers have been benefiting from the country's coconut expansion project which earns $2 billion every year, an official of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) disclosed on Tuesday, March 14. In a “Laging Handa” briefing, PCA Deputy Administrator Roel Rosales...
REP. Yap (FB) LILOAN, Southern Leyte – A year after typhoon ‘’Odette’’ ravaged Southern Leyte and other areas in the Visayas, Southern Leyte Rep. Christopherson Yap appealed to the national government for help in its recovery, particularly the province's coconut industry. With only...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., who also heads the Department of Agriculture (DA), met with officials of the agriculture department to tackle the course of action that the government will undertake for the sugar and coconut industry. (Photo courtesy of Office of the President...
