By Henrylito D. Tacio In December 2019, Atty. Edwaldo L. Legaspina – more popularly known as Basti among friends – already bought four-and-half hectares of land in Lorega, a barangay of Kitaotao, Bukidnon. This lawyer loves to farm. (Henrylito Tacio) The pandemic happened just a few...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – The Department of Public Works and Highways in Region 2 has completed a farm-to-market road (FMR) project along barangays Sta. Isabel to Carikkikan in this city. A farm-to-market road (FMR) project along barangays Sta. Isabel to Carikkikan in the City of...
By YVETTE TAN Bungkol Elementary School (BES) stands beside Good Food Farm in Calauan, Laguna. It has been a beneficiary of Rise Against Hunger Philippines’ (RAHP) feeding program for almost two years, and has already seen big results. Bungkol Elementary School has been a beneficiary of Rise...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Salvador Daryl Buban and Rosel Buban manage Dream Nature Farm in Pagsanjan, Laguna, where they raise cows and carabaos that produce milk and dairy products. “Our cows and carabaos were grassfed. My husband harvested them from our own farm,” Rosel said. (Dream Nature...
By YVETTE TAN According to an August 2023 survey by Social Weather Stations, about 10.4 percent of Filipino families have experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months. This means that the family has been hungry but did not have anything to eat. Hunger isn’t the only...
The consolidated net income of Yuchengco-led PetroEnergy Resources Corporation’s (PERC) had climbed 29% to P874 million as of end-September this year as against a leaner P677 million within a comparative period in 2022. For the third quarter alone, the company posted a profit of P282.696 million,...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO It was Rosel Buban's dream to establish a zoo that shelters farm animals and grows fruit-bearing trees, but some things are not meant to happen even if they are perfectly envisioned. But quitting was never an option for Buban; instead, she redirected her steps toward what she...
The financial future of Filipino-led Alternergy Holdings Corporation is treading through favorable prospects as it logged net income upturn to P96.98 million in the initial quarter of fiscal year 2024 versus P1.66 million in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock...
The equity sell-down on its Salak and Darajat geothermal power assets in Indonesia had propelled profitability upturn for Ayala-led ACEN Corporation in the first three quarters to P6.6 billion, higher by 59-percent from P4.1 billion in a comparative period last year. In terms of core operating...
Altenergy Tanay Wind Corp. (ATWC) has forged a revenue-sharing agreement with the provincial government of Rizal for a wind power project. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Oct. 10, ATWC, a subsidiary of Alternergy Holdings Corp., announced the signing of a lease contract...
MGen Renewable Energy Inc. (MGreen), the renewable energy investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) ,will be queueing up to P200 billion worth of investments for the gigantic 3,500-megawatt solar farm development that shall be integrated with 4,000-megawatt hours (MWh) of energy storage...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO After quitting his job as hotel steward on a cruise ship in 2016, Rouen Dolot, 31, from Barangay Cantariwis, Tolosa, Leyte, pursued his passion for farming. Dolot is also known as The Backyard Farmer. He started his vegetable farm on borrowed land from the brother of a family...
