The team of Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Sen. Kiko Pangilinan has sought the review of the Rice Tariffication Law to identify and amend its provisions that are detrimental to farmers. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan during a campaign rally in Tarlac on...
TIAONG, Quezon--Governor Danilo Suarez has given his tacit endorsement of the presidential candidacy of Bongbong Marcos during the UniTeam ticket's first swing in this province since the start of the campaign season. Quezon Governor Danilo Suarez is sandwiched by the UniTeam tandem of Bongbong...
SAN JOSE CITY, NUEVA ECIJA — If she wins in the upcoming May 9 polls, Vice President Leni Robredo will not only focus on building infrastructure for rural development, but she also promised on Tuesday, March 22, that she will work hard to turn farmers into farmer-entrepreneurs to make their...
Vice-presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan has vowed to make farming more profitable for small farmers and farm workers under a Pangilinan-Robredo term to encourage them to continue tilling lands and feeding Filipinos. (Keith Bacongco / Manila Bulletin File Photo) "We have to move...
Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan got into a heated argument with former Congressman and academic Walden Bello as he defended his move to abstain during the vote for the Rice Tariffication Act (RTA), saying he pushed for alternative measures because he knew exactly the impact of the RTA. Former Congressman...
The government’s latest unemployment statistics failed to include discouraged workers in the agriculture sector that were forced out of farming activities, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said on Sunday, March 20. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The statement came after the...
Senatorial aspirant Herbert Bautista on Saturday, March 19 called on the government to prioritize giving assistance to farmers amid the rising cost of fertilizers. Bautista said farmers' income has been falling "sharply," although he said "the numbers are hard to pin down". "But in my campaign...
The Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID) figured in two armed encounters with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Claveria, Misamis Oriental on Friday, March 18. (Courtesy of Philippine Army, 4th Infantry Division) Three male suspects were killed in the encounters between...
There are several famous personalities who have chosen to explore different areas of agriculture. Some have gone into aquaculture, while others have chosen livestock and crop production. Media professionals Julius Caesar Concepcion Babao, popularly known as Julius Babao, and Christine...
(KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) To ease the socio-economic impact of Covid-19 and other emergencies, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continued to strengthen its initiatives to support the society’s most vulnerable and marginalized individuals, particularly...
BONGABON, Nueva Ecija – Some 73 farmers from two barangays of this town graduated from 14-week long agri-training program that taught them basic and advanced organic farming techniques and agripreneurship under the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK) of the SM Foundation, Inc. (SMFI) on March 11. (Photo...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga — A total of 5,286 rice farmers received P5,000 each in cash assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA) through its Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA). (Photo courtesy of Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN) Created under...
