Malacañang has announced the release of P3 billion worth of fuel subsidy to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) intended for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers, farmers, and fisherfolks to cushion the impact of the consecutive oil price hikes. (Alvin...
Aspiring vice president Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has urged the government anew to immediately put in place mechanisms to ease off the surge in oil prices amid the war between Ukraine and Russia. Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan (TRoPa2022) Pangilinan pointed out that the farmers...
ILOILO CITY—Farmers from Western Visayas region were the country’s first recipients of the individual land titles distributed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). “Mapamana na eto sa mga inyong anak (Your children can now inherit this),” DAR Secretary Bernie Cruz told the...
SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija--Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao on Friday, March 4 underscored the need for government to increase funding assistance to rice farmers, but also urged officials to ensure that loopholes for corruption are plugged. Senator Manny Pacquiao and wife...
Without mentioning a name, President Duterte told a crowd in Ilocos Sur that they can choose an Ilocano leader when his term ends. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte leads the inauguration of the first-ever Narvacan Farmers Market in the Municipality of Narvacan, Ilocos Sur on March 4, 2022. (RTVM...
Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Senator Kiko Pangilinan held a dialogue on Thursday, March 3, with farmers and fishermen in Oriental Mindoro with the aim of uplifting their lives. Vice President Leni Robredo meets Mindoro fisherfolk during a campaign sortie on Thursday, March 3,...
Aspiring vice president Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan has demanded the immediate release of the P8-billion fuel subsidy to farmers, fisherfolk, and drivers allocated in the 2022 national budget amid the current surge of oil prices. Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan (TRoPa2022) "May pera sa...
A strawberry farmer in Benguet. (Photo by Zaldy Comanda) LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Strawberry farmers here appealed for the termination and transfer of a flood control project which will displace them and affect their source of livelihood. Lawyer Richard Kilaan, lead convenor of Lawyers for Farmers,...
More food terminals will sprout across the country if and when Partido Reporma presidential candidate Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and running mate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III gain the people’s mandate following the May 9, 2022 national elections. (Mordo Bilman/ Unsplash) The...
The inter-agency body tasked to oversee and set the investment strategy of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund (CFITF) vowed to optimize the use of the coco levy fund for the benefit of the coconut farmers. In a statement Thursday, Feb. 24, the Department of Finance (DOF) said the Trust...
Calling himself the original "Mr. Palengke", presidential hopeful Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday, Feb. 23 put a little over P5,000 in his pocket and made a grocery run in two public markets in Quezon City. He did so to find out for himself if the amount can cover meals for at least 30 days for...
SUMILAO, BUKIDNON — After marching for her in 2016, the Sumilao farmers of Bukidnon are once again supporting the candidacy of Vice President Leni Robredo, saying that her fight is the fight of people in the “laylayan (fringes of society).” A group of farmers marches with presidential...
