Relaxed credit line for farmers
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is keen on improving credit facilities to make it more accessible and available for Filipino ...
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Gov’t extends P1-B help to fishermen, farmers
Farmers and fishermen affected by calamities can soon avail of interest- and collateral-free loans under the government’s P1-billion financial package ...
A mechanization program for Philippine agriculture
ANY anti-poverty program in the country will have to include agricultural development as most of the country’s poor people live ...
DA readies P1-B worth of post-harvest facilities
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to collaborate with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on a farm mechanization ...
Import quota issue a concern for rice farmers
Provincial officials here want the national government to reveal safety nets that would shield rice farmers from the adverse effects ...
DA bans meat products from Japan, Germany
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued a temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat and other products derived ...
‘Save Sulu’ project to develop province
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has tied up with the country's top business tycoons for a program aimed at alleviating ...
5 big groceries buy directly from farmers
Five of the country’s biggest supermarket chains have committed to buy direct from onion and garlic farmers, in an effort ...
P2B damage from ‘Lawin’
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported yesterday that damage to infrastructure and agriculture in Regions 1, 2, ...
DA donates 100 boats
Fisherfolks from this province received 100 fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) boats, including the motors, triggers, and bottom set gillnets from the ...
Piñol eyes PH-wide ‘lugawan’
The incoming Secretary of the Department of Agriculture will engage street dwellers in highly urbanized cities in green house agricultural ...
Piñol slams DA corruption
This was how Agriculture Secretary-designate Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol described the corruption at the Department of Agriculture in his meeting with ...
Ex-mayor sabit sa scam
Nagsampa ng kasong kriminal ang office of the Ombudsman laban sa walong local officials ng Butuan dahil sa pagkakasangkot umano ...
From near stagnation to our best hope for economic growth
AMONG the prospective cabinet members of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, former Gov. Manny Piñol of North Cotabato appears to have already ...
Aquino mulls life after presidency
With his term about to end in a few months, the President is mulling to live on his pension income ...
Mapping of coral reefs proposed
The Department of Agriculture (DA) needs to undertake a complete mapping of the country’s coral reefs since they host firstclass ...