Lucy Torres greeted her husband Richard Gomez on social media on their 23rd wedding anniversary. Posting on Instagram a throwback photo of her and Richard, she wrote, "Here we are, that one night in December, at my parents’ home. It was during this trip you made to Ormoc City that you proposed to...
The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 8 (DA-RFO 8), a report from the DA-RFO 8 has distributed the needed rice seeds and fertilizers to the farmers in Eastern Visayas for this cropping season, a report from the DA-RFO 8, based in this city said. Francisco Rosaroso DA-RFO 8...
The government today launched the Leyte Ecological Industrial Zone (LEIZ) Master Development Plan Project, which is hoped to develop and complete the Philippines copper industry supply chain in Leyte by 2030 and establish the country’s role in modern industries. The launch of LEIZ Master Plan...
More than seven hundred corn farmers who have graduated from a radio corn production course last year are now practicing the scientific method of farming, a report from the Leyte governor’s office said here today. Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla told reporters in an interview that the...
Growing up, Lodi Carbonilla, agripreneur and proprietor of King David Integrated Farm (KDIF), was accustomed to living around coconut plantations in Southern Leyte. After 10 years of working as an overseas Filipino worker in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Carbonilla decided to return to his...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao Various studies have noted the benefits of mangroves as a natural defense for coastal areas against natural calamities because its roots help keep soil in place, thus preventing flooding and soil erosion. Plus, mangroves also serve as a home for different kinds...
TACLOBAN City – A farm school and budding tourist destination situated in an upstream village in Jaro, Leyte has proved that agriculture can help cope with the global crisis brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. With barely a year after embarking on farm tourism,...
TACLOBAN City - Amidst fear and uncertainties brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, agri-tourism sites in Eastern Visayas manage to survive and remain hopeful for better days to come. Only the noises coming from the sea, hammer, and midrib brooms are heard one sunny...
