ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has announced that a new access road in Batan, Aklan has finally been opened and will benefit farmers in the town and the province. A P29-million road has opened in Batan, Aklan that will benefit the town’s coconut farmers and the...
Family-owned lots are generally special to families for various reasons. Some prefer to keep their spaces private and personal, while others welcome visitors into them. The family that runs Anahaw Coconut Farm and Resort (ACFR) had initially kept their property for exclusive use before deciding to...
If House Committee on Ways and Means chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda would have his way, he would revise the government's Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan in order to cover two key areas. (Unsplash) “There are two areas that are not very well-articulated in the...
Outgoing Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday, June 14 said there is a need to amend Republic Act No. 11524 or the Coconut Farmers Industry Trust Fund Act in order to ensure that farmers are well-represented. Pangilinan noted that the committee mandated to oversee the disbursement of...
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, June 9 expressed belief that any amount of disinformation and historical revisionism would change the facts that the coco levy funds that were intended to develop during the time of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos were plundered. Hontiveros made...
President Duterte has signed Executive Order (EO) No. 172, implementing the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP), as he cited the need to increase coconut farmers' overall productivity and income. Farmers unhusk coconuts in a remote villages of Piklt, the top coconut producer in...
A team of local researchers and innovators in Jose Rizal Memorial State University – Tampilisan Campus (JRMSU-TC) Zamboanga del Norte has successfully developed a coconut dehusking technology that is actively looking for partners to distribute it. (Photo courtesy of DOST-STII) The technology,...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, March 31, went around Lanao del Norte carrying a message of maintaining the peace and order in Lanao del Norte because this will pave the way for more investments and jobs. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) Robredo began...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Sunday welcomed President Duterte’s approval to release the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s (NDRRMC) funds for the Philippine Coconut Authority’s (PCA) proposed Coconut Debris Management Plan. The program primarily supports the...
By Winfried Scheewe Severe weather events triggered by climate change such as drought are expected to increasingly affect coconut production. As explained in the articles Coconut farms and climate change: what is at stake and what can be done? , and Coconut palms under climate stress , the...
The inter-agency body tasked to oversee and set the investment strategy of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund (CFITF) vowed to optimize the use of the coco levy fund for the benefit of the coconut farmers. In a statement Thursday, Feb. 24, the Department of Finance (DOF) said the Trust...
Two studies conducted by the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) confirmed that virgin coconut oil (VCO) helps ease symptoms for mild and moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (Unsplash) "We have completed the study a year ago in Sta....
