FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City – A female cadet from Surigao City, Surigao del Norte topped this year’s graduating class of the Philippine Military Academy.ELUMBA (Zaldy Comanda)Magna cum laude Cadet First Class Jeneth B. Elumba, 24, ranked first among the 278 graduating cadets of the PMA Bagong...
The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG), a leading agricultural group in the Philippines, said it is fully supporting the impending confirmation of Secretary Ralph Recto as head of the Department of Finance (DOF).SINAG vouched for Recto’s nomination ahead of the scheduled confirmation of...
ROSALES, Pangasinan – The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) and 25 other agricultural groups are joining the call of the rice industry stakeholders to reject proposals to reduce or remove tariffs on rice, pork, chicken, and corn.Businessman Rosendo So, SINAG chairman, said that Finance...
Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno brushed off the farmers' group's demand for President Marcos' two economic managers to resign, wishing them a delightful weekend instead. Diokno, who was accompanying the president in Singapore, chose not to directly respond to the call for his and National...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) sought the abolition of the National Food Authority (NFA) for its preference to import than purchase rice from Filipino farmers.Rosendo So, Sinag chairman, said the latest showcase of the NFA’s skewed preference for imported...
As the harvest season rolls around, a possible drop in the prices of onions is expected next month, an agriculture group disclosed on Monday, January 9.
Onions (Jel Santos/Manila Bulletin)
In a radio interview, Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) President Rosendo So explained that if...
President and Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. has recently met with members of the agriculture group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) to discuss farming modernization in the country.
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The Philippine agriculture sector has been most neglected under the Duterte Administration, with stakeholders mostly bearing the brunt of the government’s pro-importation policy, a group alleged.
Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) Chairman Rosendo So said this government is...
A group of farmers has threatened not to support re-electionist senators if they will not junk the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a mega trade deal.
In a statement, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) urged the Senate to reject the RCEP trade agreement when it is presented...
The Philippine government was told to temporarily suspend the importation of chicken and other poultry products amid several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Asia and Europe.
Rosendo So, chairman of Samahang Industriya sa Agrikultura (SINAG), said in a statement Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, that...
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Sinag 2021 poster
Celebrating its 52nd founding anniversary this year, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) looks back on the year that was. To reflect on our current disposition and anticipate...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is coming up with ways on how to help rice farmers cope with the rising cost of fertilizer in the Philippines – one of which is to possibly encourage farmers’ cooperatives to import fertilizers directly.
In a briefing, Agriculture Underscretary Leocadio...
