Over 8,000 Makati city hall employees will receive up to P20,000 cash as Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) after the city council approved ordinances for its immediate funding, the city government announced Thursday, Dec. 29. City Ordinance No. 2022-A-168, passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman believes that "cooperative competition" among local farmers can help them become prosperous. As such, the veteran lawmaker filed House Bill (HB) No. 230, or the “Farmer Coopetition Act". The bill seeks to foster cooperation among competing farmer...
Debunking the claims on the "expected rice shortage" in the country next year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) assured consumers there will be an adequate supply of rice in 2023. Agriculture Senior Usec. Domingo Panganiban In a press briefing on Monday, Dec. 19, Agriculture Senior Undersecretary...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has issued administrative orders granting service recognition incentives (SRIs) for employees in the executive department and a one-time rice allowance to all government employees for this year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang...
As Christmas approaches, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured the public that the country has enough rice supply for the Holiday season as he inspected a warehouse of the National Food Authority (NFA) in Valenzuela on Saturday, December 17. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – Ifugao Gov. Jerry Dalipog said abandoned rice terraces can be utilized for marijuana cultivation once a bill to legalize medical marijuana becomes a law. DALIPOG (lpp.gov.ph) “Okay ako diyan (I am okay with that) in some areas of the rice terraces, especially at the highly...
SL Agritech, a Filipino company engaged in the research, development, production, and distribution of hybrid rice seed and premium quality rice, strengthens its advocacy on helping the Philippines achieve food security by showcasing hybrid seed technology across farming communities locally and...
Rice is a staple food for more than 3.5 billion people around the world. Sustainable rice production plays a significant role in ensuring food security for many communities. Carp living with rice plants in a co-culture experiment. (Photo from Lufeng Zhao) However, like many other monoculture...
The Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office 2 (Cagayan Valley) is investigating the illegal sale of hybrid rice seeds that are part of the government’s seed distribution program. DA-RFO 2 Executive Director Narciso A. Edillo said they are coordinating with the National Bureau of...
A heated verbal exchange ensued between Senators Cynthia Villar and Raffy Tulfo when the latter raised the topic of private developers converting farmlands into residential and commercial spaces during the Senate’s deliberations on the proposed 2023 national budget. It was Tulfo who raised the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. declared that the government is nearing its goal to bring down the price of rice in the Philippines to P20. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo by Noel Pabalate) "Palapit na tayo dun sa aking pangarap na mag P20 pero dahan dahan lang (We are...
This idyllic town nestled in the ‘Vietnamese Alps’ has until lately been beyond reach, except to the most intrepid of travelers THE ROOFTOP OF INDOCHINA Above the clouds on the Fansipan summit, the highest peak in all of Indochina I might have been in Grasse on the scent of Jean-Baptiste...
