Who says the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is solely relying on white-colored dolomite "sand" to rehabilitate and beautify Manila Bay? Coconut trees (Photo by Madib Zikri / Unsplash) Apparently, the agency also wants to use the natural beauty of coconut trees to give Manila...
The mass registration of coconut farmers who will benefit from the forthcoming release of the P100-billion coco levy fund will be a continuous process. And the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) must issue a formal clarification on this matter to ease the anxiety among farmers who are not yet part...
Senators have pressed the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to extend its deadline and streamline the processes for the registration of coconut farmers. The Senate agriculture committee on Thursday, June 10, inquired on the status of the country's coconut farmers' registry. The creation of the...
Groups of coconut farmers fear another scam might happen in the process of the Philippine government’s implementation of the Coco Levy Act, the law that should pave the way for the release of the P100 billion worth of funds and assets collected through the infamous coco levy fund scam more than...
Less than two weeks before the deadline of mass registration of coconut farmers, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), the lead agency tasked to implement the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act or Coco Levy Act, is now 41 percent complete in the validation of the National Coconut Farmers...
Local coconut growers are expected to gain more business opportunities with the completion of a new access road in the municipality of Sanchez Mira in Cagayan, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. ROAD TO PROSPERITY-- A newly-built access road linking villages in Sanchez Mira,...
Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) has long been considered as nature’s miracle medicine for its numerous benefits and healing properties. (Photo from Pixabay) Now, VCO is once again in the spotlight as it can be utilized to avoid “further transmission of the virus” and as a “viable and affordable...
Since 2020, the Philippines has been looking into the effectiveness of virgin coconut oil as a potential supplement to help prevent symptoms from becoming severe for probable and suspect coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, and as an adjunct therapy for hospitalized COVID patients. (Manila...
Clinical trials on the use of the Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO), lagundi (Chinese chaste tree), and tawa-tawa (Euphorbia hirta) as a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) therapeutic or supplement are expected to be completed by June, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles is pushing for the distribution of virgin coconut oil (VCO) in hospitals outside the National Capital Region plus (NCR plus) as supplemental treatment for the coronavirus disease. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Nograles/Facebook) Nograles has started to hold...
Is this even safe to consume? Garnering over 12 million views and 104,000 shares, this was not the first time the parents of Baday posted their little girl eating a plate of live coconut worms. According to asiatimes , "coconut worms larvae come from eggs laid by large beetles and are considered a...
The recent enactment of Republic Act 11524, also known as the Coconut Famers and Industry Trust Fund Act (or Coco Levy Act) brings into sharp focus the significance of the coconut industry. “Can we call the coconut industry a sleeping giant?” inquired Agriculture Secretary William Dar in an...
