Max Homa stands with his caddie as a hailstorm hits the course during round two of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on January 29, 2021 in San Diego, California. Donald Miralle/Getty Images/AFP Norway's Viktor Hovland defied the wild weather at Torrey Pines on Friday to fire an impressive...
Government interventions in the highly vulnerable farm sector may be “too little or too late", which may be the reason for the sector's 1.4 percent decline in 2020. This is according to Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) National Manager Raul Montemayor, who said the Department of...
Patrick Reed plays his shot from the 18th tee during the second round of The American Express tournament on the Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West on January 22, 2021 in La Quinta, California. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images/AFP Former Masters champion Patrick Reed didn't put a foot wrong on...
In a bid to be more accessible to farmers and fishermen, state-run Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) had set up different ‘Agri-Hubs’ across the country. In a statement, LandBank said that it has established the first four Agri-Hubs in December to bring financial services closer to more...
Coconut farmers are coming up with a position paper that will formally ask President Rodrigo Duterte to veto Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund or the Coco Levy Act, which will pave the way for the release of the P100-billion Coco Levy Fund. (MB FILE, Keith Bacongco) Pambansang Kaisahan ng...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it’s only a matter of time before the majority of the country's farmers bid farewell to farming due to old age, and that the agriculture sector will soon be taken over by millennials. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said since the average age of...
Year 2020 should be remembered as a busy year for Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) having been given one of the hardest tasks in the agriculture sector: modernize rice farming. ...
Year-Ender Agriculture Secretary William Dar (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines' agriculture sector has survived a volcano eruption that blanketed tons of farm yield with ashes and sustained production within three quarters into the pandemic, but it only took three typhoons to expose its...
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) signed an agreement with the Department of Agriculture (DA) to distribute P2.7 billion cash subsidies to 900,000 marginal farmers via an e-voucher system, DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel G. Herbosa announced yesterday....
Up the Christmas cocktails: try Italian limoncello of local Filipino dayap As we move towards a more globalized world, we get to learn and appreciate the beauty of different cultures and the tastiness of different cuisines. There is no denying, however, that some of the greatest creations happen...
Rice farmers are among the most marginalized communities in the country. Not only do they have limited access to the market where they can sell their goods, and when they do, they don’t often receive fair compensation for it. Gy Gaspar, a nursing graduate and housewife from Licab, Nueva...
Agriculture Secretary William Dar admitted that farmers are not a priority in the government-led distribution of COVID-19 vaccine, but vowed to look for vaccines for the agriculture sector where players are also considered frontliners....
