Imported red onions in various markets in the National Capital Region (NCR) are at least P40 cheaper than local red onions, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported. Red onions (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) Based on the price monitoring of the agriculture department as of Friday, Jan.27, imported...
TACLOBAN CITY – A group of fishermen have benefited from mussel long-line farming in Barangay Baclayan, Daram, Samar. From being a seasonal source of income, it has become the primary and sustainable livelihood for 40 members of the Baclayan Mussel and Crab Fishers Association (BMCA). In 2020,...
President and Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, said that the government is implementing a program to assist onion farmers in increasing their yield in order to stabilize supply and lower the commodity's price. FARMERS harvest onions in a remote...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. ordered on Tuesday, Jan. 24, an official of the department's Pangasinan office to take a leave following the alleged harassment by policemen on some onion farmers in the province. This, after DILG...
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said it will soon distribute over 400,000 hectares of agricultural lands to farmer-beneficiaries through the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) project. FARMERS in Western Visayas region are urged to adapt to climate-resilient...
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija – The GMA Kapuso Foundation Inc. with the assistance of the military recently provided food packs to distressed onion farmers from Aurora and Nueva Ecija. Major Gen. Andrew D. Costelo, commander of the Army 7th Infantry Division, said that the Army 91st Infantry...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. has ordered an investigation into the alleged harassment of local policemen in Pangasinan on onion farmers in the province. In a statement, Abalos directed the DILG Region 1 and DILG Pangasinan offices...
A fisherfolk group called on the national government to certify House Bill 1112 or the National Farmers’ Day bill as urgent. The bill, which was filed by the Makabayan bloc, seeks to declare Jan. 22 of every year as a special working holiday to honor and remember the 13 farmers killed in...
Red onions (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) Caritas Philippines urged the government to provide additional support to farmers amid the high prices of onions in the market. The humanitarian and advocacy arm of the Catholic Church made the statement as prices of local red onions now ranged between P500 to...
ILIGAN CITY – The provincial government of Misamis Occidental led by Gov. Henry S. Oaminal and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have distributed P5,000 cash subsidy to 9,400 rice farmers to help augment their needs amid the calamity that struck the province recently. MISAMIS Occidental Gov....
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, January 19 called out the Philippine National Police (PNP) for harassing an onion farmer who recently testified before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform’s investigation. “Hands off lang po sa mga testigo ng Senado!” the sister of...
"You are killing us!" Romel Calingasan, a municipal agriculturist in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, made the emotional accusation at officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for allowing the importation of onions while the harvest season for onions is underway. Onions are left to rot on the...
