Tag: coconut

PHL gov’t starts intensive community-based clinical studies on VCO as possible cure for COVID-19

  (Eagle News) – Philippine government has started intensive clinical studies on the curative properties of virgin coconut oil on COVID-19 suspect cases in certain communities in Southern Luzon as it included VCO as a supplement in the daily treatment regimen of coronavirus patients at the Philippine General Hospital. The program involved several departments of the Philippine government including the Department of Agriculture through the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), the Department of Science and Technology’s […]

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#EBCphotography: Nature’s own “emoji”

  This photo by Eagle News photo correspondent Alvin “Zaijian Chu” Melitante shows how nature can create its own “emoji.”  This emoji is made from dried coconut found on the shores of Dancalan Beach in Donsol, Sorsogon, a municipality known for whale shark sightings.   (Eagle News Service)

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Coconut Week!

QUEZON City, Philippines – National Coconut Week is observed from August 24 to 30 every year by the virtue of Proclamation No. 142 signed on August 19, 1987 by then President Corazon Aquino. This annual event is celebrated to pay tribute to the coconut as the “Tree of Life.” Coconuts are known for their great versatility, as evidenced by many traditional uses, ranging from food to cosmetics.   Can’t see Infographics? Click here: Coconut Week!

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PCA to help Nina-affected coconut farmers

QUEZON PROVINCE, Jan. 4 (PIA) – Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Administrator Billy Andal promised to aid all the coconut farmers to help them get back on their feet after experiencing the devastating typhoon Nina.  “We are really devastated when we heard the news. Imagine losing thousands or even million-worth of your crop? We lost hundreds of thousands of coconut trees at a time when we are trying to plant more to replace the senile and […]

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Coconut – The tree of life

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 21) – In the Philippines the Coconut tree is called the “Tree of Life’’, because of the endless products derived from its various parts.  They say if you’re stranded in a desert island all you have to do is find a coconut tree and you will survive. In fact during the Typhoon Haiyan -known locally as Yolanda- in 2013, affected families survived on coconuts alone for days! From leaves to roots, almost all […]

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Japan Provides Funding for the Construction of Regional Coconut Coir Technology and Productivity Center and Procurement of Equipment for the Coconut Farmers of Northern Samar

SAMAR –  First Secretary and Agricultural Attaché Kenji Terada attended the turnover ceremony last June 4, 2015 for the “The Project for the Construction of Regional Coconut Coir Technology and Productivity Center” and “The Project for Procurement of Equipment for Coco Coir Production and Processing” in Municipality of Catarman and San Jose Northern Samar, respectively. This is part of the Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). […]

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