In a bid to help farmers and ensure food security in the country, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has secured business agreements with China to ensure fertilizer supply, Malacañang said. Malacañang photo Communications officer-in-charge Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil said this...
VEGETABLES and fruits are sold at the Agri-Fishery Trade Expo at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol grounds last October 2022. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY -- Western Visayas region is banking on the next generation farming to achieve food security. “Food sustainability is a growing global...
The Insurance Commission must suspend the implementation of its Circular Letter No. 2022-34, which seeks to increase the insurance premium rates on catastrophes such as typhoons, floods and earthquakes. (Bernard Hermant/ Unsplash) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee reiterated this call Sunday,...
No farmer from the Visayas will be left behind. Magsasaka Party-list nominee Robert Nazal Jr. Magsasaka Party-list nominee Robert Nazal Jr. made this guarantee to farmers as he led a Visayas-wide territorial and sectoral leaders' strategy planning held recently in Bacolod City. “We support the...
The Marcos administration must focus on improving the state of agri-microentrepreneurs in the country, Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion said, claiming that the sector can help generate jobs and address food security issues. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with the Private Sector Advisory...
ILOILO CITY – The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), an inter-governmental body promoting research and development, gathered in this city and the province of Iloilo to tackle the challenges of the fisheries industry in the food security of Southeast Asia. REPRESENTATIVES of...
A Quezon City congressman has filed a measure that's in line with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s declaration during the 77th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly that food was “the very basis of human security". Quezon City 5th district Rep. PM Vargas (Facebook)...
Each night, as many as 828 million people go to sleep with a hungry stomach, and around forty million face life-threatening levels of hunger, according to United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power. During a session at the World Food Prize event in Des...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—“Our people look to their leaders, to us, to correctly navigate the uncertain waters of this new world.” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made this assertion on Sunday as he urged his fellow leaders to “act decisively and immediately” on world’s pressing concerns:...
A party-list leader has committed to continue supporting Filipino farmers via legislation in a bid to strengthen the agriculture sector and achieve food security. (MANILA BULLETIN) Robert Nazal of MAGSASAKA Party-list made this affirmation last Nov. 9 in front of the participants of Luzon-wide...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has assured leaders of the neighboring countries from Southeast Asia that the Philippines is ready to work with the regional bloc in ensuring food security. At the 25th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)+3 Summit here, Marcos...
During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, food supply chains were disrupted due to border restrictions. The disruption worsened the food insecurity in Mexico City, a thriving metropolitan home to around 9.2 million people. The food supply problem pushed the people to reflect on how their...
