Credit to Author: Eireene Jairee Gomez| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 15:00:17 +0000
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is planning to put up P2 billion worth of cold storage facilities in five major seaports in the country as part of efforts to intensify quarantine measures against smuggled items. “The Cabinet has approved [the budget for it,] so the plan is ready. We already told the DBM (Department of […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Eireene Jairee Gomez| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:30:15 +0000
SOME 46 out of 57 target provinces have received 341,203 bags (20 kilogram/bag) of inbred rice seeds under the seed program of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), according to the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rice Research Institute. In its latest program report, it said the 46 provinces, which make up 81 percent of the accomplishment, included 282 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:56:05 +0000
National farmers group Kilusan para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo at Katarungang Panlipunan (Katarungan) welcomed the appointment of William Dar as acting secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
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Read moreCredit to Author: EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 16:18:36 +0000
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has appointed William Dar, a columnist of The Manila Times, as acting secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA). He will replace Emmanuel Piñol, who was transferred…READ
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:36:38 +0000
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has offered to resign from his post.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:10:51 +0000
The DA has banned the importation of domestic and wild pigs as well as other pork products from Laos amid reported outbreaks of African Swine Fever.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:00:54 +0000
Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol has offered to resign amid reports that President Rodrigo Duterte is unsatisfied with his performance.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 03:40:49 +0000
Several cans of luncheon meat that were earlier seized from an OFW had been tested postive for African Swine Fever (ASF).
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 02:14:24 +0000
Former Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala has pleaded not guilty in a graft case filed against him before the Sandigan
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 05:36:50 +0000
DAMAGE to crops due to El Niño has reached P7.96 billion, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. In its latest advisory, the Disaster Risk Reduction Operations Center of the DA reported…READ
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