Following a sharp decline in palay production last year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is optimistic that the Philippines will achieve a record-high harvest in 2025. In a statement on Monday, Jan. 20, DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said this forecast is credited to the directive of...
The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Agriculture and San Miguel Foods Inc. (SMFI's website) The Department of Agriculture (DA) and San Miguel Foods, Inc. (SMFI) are teaming up on their first nationwide public-private partnership (PPP) aimed at providing...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) expressed optimism that consumers would see lower food prices in the coming months, following the anticipated return of food production and supply to normal levels. During a news forum on Saturday, Jan. 18, DA Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said the agency is...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) maintained that there is no rice supply shortage in the country despite the recommendation to declare a food security emergency. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong Marcos Jr. (Photos from the Presidential Communications Office) DA spokesperson Assistant...
MMC President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, MMDA Chairman Romando Artes, and DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Metro Manila Council (MMC) President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora proposed a hybrid setup of the President's Kadiwa ng Pangulo (KNP) program to ensure its accessibility...
The Marcos administration is on the verge of declaring a food security emergency as rice prices remain stubbornly high despite government efforts to alleviate the situation. The National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) approved a resolution on Thursday, Jan. 16, urging the Department of...
President Marcos on Monday, Jan. 13, ordered the Department of Agriculture (DA) to ensure swift delivery of assistance to farmers across the country to prevent any gaps this planting season. At the meeting with the government's economic managers, Marcos told the agency "there should be no...
Domestic and wild bird importation from New Zealand will be temporarily banned amid threats of an avian influenza outbreak, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. DA Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. said the move is aimed at preventing the entry of high pathogenic avian influenza into the...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN | Mark Balmores) Navotas 1st district Rep. Toby Tiangco says the Marcos administration's intensified efforts in agricultural development and reform have begun to bear fruit. Tiangco...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has upheld its indictment of former Department of Agriculture (DA) undersecretary for fisheries Eduardo B. Gongona over the alleged anomalous 2018 contract for the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) Integrated Marine Environment Monitoring System...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) The overall chairman of the House quinta-committee (quinta-comm) has told Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel Jr. to immediately follow through on his...
The Philippines' food service industry is expected to revert to pre-pandemic sales levels next year, after an anticipated 12-percent growth this year on the back of strong demand among Filipino diners, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In a Dec. 17 report,...
