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3 Bulacan dams keep discharging water
by Bella Cariaso - January 17, 2025 - 12:00am
Angat, Bustos and Ipo dams in Bulacan continued to discharge water yesterday after they breached their normal high water level due to rains spawned by the shear line and the northwest monsoon.
Government to implement $24.9 milion pandemic fund
by Bella Cariaso - January 17, 2025 - 12:00am
A ranking official of the Department of Agriculture yesterday said the government is expected to start implementation of the $24.9-million Pandemic Fund in the first quarter this year after the Philippines was able...
Government may declare food security emergency
by Bella Cariaso - January 17, 2025 - 12:00am
There is sufficient basis to declare a food security emergency, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said yesterday, noting that rice prices remain high despite the imposition of lower tariffs on imported...
Angat Dam starts releasing water
by Bella Cariaso - January 16, 2025 - 12:00am
Operators of Angat Dam in Bulacan yesterday started releasing water to reduce the reservoir’s elevation to a safer level.
‘Sale of NFA rice to LGUs illegal’
by Bella Cariaso - January 16, 2025 - 12:00am
The National Food Authority (NFA)’s plan to sell rice stocks to local government units (LGUs) is illegal, a farmer’s group said yesterday.
Quake jolts Sultan Kudarat, Davao Occidental
by Bella Cariaso - January 14, 2025 - 12:00am
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Sultan Kudarat yesterday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported.
Shear line, monsoon damage to agriculture reaches P67.68 million
by Bella Cariaso - January 14, 2025 - 12:00am
The amount of damage caused by the shear line, northeast monsoon or amihan and the intertropical convergence zone or ITCZ to the agriculture sector has reached P67.68 million, the Department of Agriculture reported...
Mayors back scrutiny of LGUs’ tax shares
by Bella Cariaso - January 14, 2025 - 12:00am
The League of Cities of the Philippines has supported the call of Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong for a transparent accounting of the national tax allotment or NTA for local government units.
Kanlaon spews ash anew
by Bella Cariaso - January 14, 2025 - 12:00am
Amid the threat of another eruption, Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island twice emitted ash yesterday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
Kanlaon Volcano may erupt anew, Phivolcs warns
by Bella Cariaso - January 13, 2025 - 12:00am
Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island might erupt again in a manner similar to the Dec. 9 event when it spewed a voluminous plume that rapidly rose to 4,000 meters, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology...
Baguio temperature dips further to 13.8oC
by Bella Cariaso - January 13, 2025 - 12:00am
The temperature in Baguio City further dropped to 13.8 degrees Celsius as the northeast monsoon or amihan continues to affect the country, the latest monitoring of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical...
8,000 joining transport protest today – Manibela
by Bella Cariaso - January 13, 2025 - 12:00am
Around 8,000 jeepney drivers and operators will join today’s protest in front of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board against the extension of applications for the public utility vehicle...
Suggested imported rice profit cap sought
by Bella Cariaso - January 13, 2025 - 12:00am
Former agriculture secretary Leonardo Montemayor yesterday said that the government should impose a maximum suggested imported rice profit instead of maximum suggested retail price, amid the impending implementation...
DA won’t declare food security emergency
by Bella Cariaso - January 13, 2025 - 12:00am
e declaration of a food security emergency is no longer an option for the government, since there is no rice shortage and no extraordinary spike in retail prices that would warrant its implementation, a ranking official...
Citizens’ groups to take budget concerns to SC
by Bella Cariaso - January 12, 2025 - 12:00am
Several citizens’ groups will proceed with the filing of a petition before the Supreme Court questioning the constitutionality of the P6.326-trillion budget, saying the decision of President Marcos to veto...
Max SRP for imported rice starts Jan. 20 – DA
by Bella Cariaso - January 11, 2025 - 12:00am
The maximum suggested retail price (SRP) of P58 per kilo on imported rice will take effect on Jan. 20, after Executive Order 62 – which allowed a 15 percent tariff on the outsourced staple – failed to...
Kanlaon eruption damage to agricultural sector reaches P129.39 million
by Bella Cariaso - January 10, 2025 - 12:00am
The amount of damage to agriculture caused by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros has reached P129.39 million, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Armyworms attack Pangasinan onion farms
by Bella Cariaso - January 10, 2025 - 12:00am
The state-run Regional Crop Protection Center has been ordered to assist farmers in Pangasinan whose onion farms were destroyed by armyworms.
‘Maximum SRP on imported rice may drop to P47/kilo’
by Bella Cariaso - January 9, 2025 - 12:00am
he maximum suggested retail price for imported rice may still go down to P47 per kilo, Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa sa
DA chief names new undersecretary
by Bella Cariaso - January 9, 2025 - 12:00am
Agriculture Secretary has appointed a new undersecretary following the passing of Deogracias Victor Savellano.
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