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Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. has highlighted the importance of the new law that effectively declared Mt. Arayat in Arayat town as a protected landscape or area.

Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, April 12 asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) whether or not charges have been filed against importers of African Swine Flu (ASF)-infected pork products.

Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel ‘Chel Diokno’ has joined those who express dismay over the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) failure to investigate the alleged rampant smuggling of agricultural products in the country.

Senator Imee Marcos on Wednesday, April 6 exposed an alleged new “midnight deal” on sugar imports.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda sought to disprove allegations that the lower chamber has yet to lift a finger on the problem of agricultural smuggling in the country.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered on Monday, March 29, stricter measures to contain and control the spread of bird flu following the outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) or H5N1 in duck and quail farms in Bulacan, Pampanga, Laguna, and Camarines Sur.

Former three-term Senator Loren Legarda has called on the country’s economic managers to ensure food security by helping Filipino farmers and fisherfolk.

Reelectionist Senator Sherwiin Gatchalian has recommended to the Department of Agriculture (DA) the opening of bank accounts for the beneficiaries of the fuel subsidy program to expedite the distribution of cash aid to farmers and fisherfolk and to jumpstart their financial inclusion and access to credit.

Senate Committee on Finance chief Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday urged the Departments of Transportation (DOTr) and Agriculture (DA) and other agencies concerned with the distribution of fuel subsidies to be prepared to distribute fuel vouchers to the transport and agriculture sectors affected by the continuing increase in oil prices.

House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate wants the Office of the Ombudsman and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to look into the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) alleged pro-important policy for what he described as “economic sabotage”.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has distributed P3 billion worth of agricultural interventions to aid farmers and fishermen affected by Typhoon “Odette” last year.

President Duterte gave direct instructions to his Cabinet officials to respond to the key needs of residents of Cebu and Bohol, which were ravaged by typhoon “Odette” over the weekend.

Malacañang has denied Senator Ping Lacson’s claim that an “inter-agency conspiracy” has facilitated the smuggling of vegetables from China to the Philippines, particularly in the highland province of Benguet.

Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo on Monday, Nov. 29, said the country’s farmers must focus on agricultural products that have more demand and market to improve their livelihood and living conditions.

More than 2.5 million school children have benefited from the government’s milk feeding program, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Friday, August 13.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and existing “systemic challenges” in the sector, the Philippine agriculture is less likely to surpass the production growth level of 2 percent by the end of the year.

The Philippine government ruled that Bt talong, a genetically modified (GM) eggplant that contains a gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), is just like a conventional eggplant and is safe for human consumption.This was according to International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), a not-for-profit international organization that shares the benefits of crop biotechnology to various stakeholders, particularly resource-poor farmers in developing countries like the Philippines.