Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, May 11 filed a resolution to investigate the recent memorandum of the Department of Agriculture (DA) mandating the use of biofertilizers. Hontiveros said she filed Senate Resolution No. 608 into Memorandum Order No. 32 to prevent a repeat of the 2004...
The country’s agricultural output registering at P428.69 billion in the first quarter of 2023 has indicated an annual growth of 2.1 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority bared. In the report released on Wednesday, May 10, the PSA attributed such to the annual increases in the value of...
A collaborative research on corn and onion using satellites is set to commence in 2023, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) revealed on Thursday, May 11. (Unsplash) In a statement on Thursday, scientists from PhilSA said they are working with the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Agricultural...
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, Speaker's office) The calls for President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to designate a full-time Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary is beginning to snowball. Surigao del Sur 2nd...
If there is one lesson we learned after the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared that Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, it is how important a medical infrastructure is to our lives — the barangay health centers, quarantine and vaccination sites, general hospitals,...
It's a rare thing now, seeing people read—even more so reading with actual physical books. Because of this, we are very excited about this latest announcement by the National Book Development Board (NBDB). The NBDB, best known for the Book Nook, is a program where the agency sets up reading and...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said that he will call for the resignation of all Department of Agriculture (DA) officials should prices of onions once again reach P600 to P700 per kilo. Barzaga, who attended the House Committee on Agriculture and Food's hearing Wednesday, May 10 on the...
The Department of Health (DOH) urged jail officials in the country to ensure that inmates as well as jail employees are vaccinated against Covid-19. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire made the statement following the reported spike in Covid-19 cases at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa,...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left), and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Rep. Salo's office, MANILA BULLETIN) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. now has "more choices" when it comes to naming a full-time Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary, should he decide to go that...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (2nd from left) interpellates a Department of Agriculture (DA) official during House panel hearing Wednesday, May 10. (Screenshot from Facebook live) SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta says he will ask for the resignation of Bureau of Plants Industry...
Mental health services should also be one of the medical services that must be offered in the proposed specialty centers to be established within Department of Health (DOH) hospitals nationwide. Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, advocated for...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) noted a 100 percent increase in measles-rubella cases in the region. Dr. Joanne Antonette Albito, Medical Officer 3 of the DOH-7 Family Health Section, said that 67 cases have been recorded in Cebu province from January to April this...
