Stores akin to ‘Kadiwa’ to open soon in Bangsamoro provinces

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:00:50 +0000

Community stores similar to the “Kadiwa” outlets operated during the administration of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos

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Duterte confirms Piñol reassignment

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 21:08:50 +0000

Duterte confirms Piñol reassignment

President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed late on Friday that Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol would become presidential point man in the newly created Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

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Piñol transferred to MinDA

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 03:39:11 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed that Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol will be transferred to the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) to serve as the government’s “point man” to the Bangsamoro autonomous…READ

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Piñol: ‘I did not say the President has lost trust in me’

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:19:27 +0000

Piñol: ‘I did not say the President has lost trust in me’

Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol on Sunday denied saying that President Rodrigo Duterte had lost trust in him and that it was the reason why he submitted a letter of resignation. Speaking to the Inquirer by phone on Sunday night, Piñol clarified that he had asked the President to relieve him of his post.

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Prices of pork, pork-based products tipped to rise

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 21:20:38 +0000

Expect prices of pork and pork-based products in the market to rise in the coming days as the government implements stricter measures

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Solar-powered irrigation seen to ease Ecija farmers’ water woes

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 21:17:05 +0000

Solar-powered irrigation seen to ease Ecija farmers’ water woes

CABANATUAN CITY — Israel has offered to help drought-stricken areas in Nueva Ecija province through a technology that can bring water to thousands of hectares of rice fields, according to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol.

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P420M in crop insurance ready for El Niño-hit farmers

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 23:30:38 +0000

A total of about P420 million in insurance claims across the country is ready for immediate payout to farmers who have lost their crops to the dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) said on Saturday.

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Piñol orders ban on pork from Japan due to swine flu reports

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 14:23:28 +0000

Piñol orders ban on pork from Japan due to swine flu reports

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has ordered a temporary ban on pork and pork products coming from Japan following reports of African swine flu (ASF) in that country.

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