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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZwDzhMXc5Y (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture initiated a marketing and promotional campaign for Philippine mangoes as a quick response to the oversupply of mangoes in the country. Dubbed as TienDA Plus Metro-wide mango festival, the DA is hoping that this event which runs from June 10 until Tuesday, June 11, will urge more people to buy more Philippine mangoes. The department also hopes that a million mangoes would be sold for this week […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto on Thursday, Sept. 20, hailed President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to place the National Food Authority under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture anew, noting that this should have been done way earlier. “Bringing the NFA under the control and direction of the DA Secretary is the right move. There should be no two separate orchestras, with a conductor each, when it comes to rice. Para isang kumpas, it […]
(Eagle News) — Plano ng Department of Agriculture (DA) na magtinda ng corn rice sa mga National Food Authority (NFA) outlet ngayong taon. Kaya naman hinihimok ni Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol ang mga magsasaka na magtanim nito at tangkilikin ng publiko. Isinusulong ngayon ng DA ang pagkonsumo ng pinaghalong mais at bigas dahil mas healthy umano ito kainin. Ayon sa mga experto isang low glycemic index food ang corn rice. Magandang alternatibo rin umano ang […]
(Eagle News) – Some 250,000 metric tons of rice imported by the National Food Authority (NFA) have already arrived in the country which pushed the prices of commercial rice lower. Some of the rice prices became lower – at P36 and P38. “The Department of Agriculture, commercial rice is now at P36-P38 as a result of the arrival of the 250,000 metric tons of NFA rice from Subic,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to charge former Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and 23 others with graft over the garlic supply controversy in 2014. In a statement, the Ombudsman said also to be indicted were Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) Director Clarito Barron, BPI Division Chiefs Merle Palacpac and Luben Marasigan, and garlic traders Lilia “Lea” Cruz, Edmond Caguinguin, Rolan Galvez, Rochelle Diaz, Ma. Jackilou Ilagan, […]
Agriculture secretary says the move was to ensure PHL rice sufficiency in the long run (Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol is slated to visit Papua New Guinea next month to “finalize an arrangement” that will allow Filipino farmers to plant rice there. In a press conference on Wednesday, Piñol said President Rodrigo Duterte has given him the go-signal to make the trip that the agriculture secretary said would ensure the country’s rice sufficiency […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture on Tuesday lifted the ban on the transport of poultry products from Luzon, to Visayas and Mindanao. The agriculture department had imposed the ban after it declared a bird flu outbreak in San Luis, Pampanga. The ban remained in place after the department declared a bird flu outbreak in two towns in Nueva Ecija days after.
(Eagle News) — Ipinag-utos ni Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol ang pagpapataw ng temporary ban sa limampu’t limang importer ng bawang na konektado umano sa garlic cartel na nag-ooperate sa bansa batay sa ulat ng Department of Justice (DOJ). Una nang kinuwestyon ni Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairman ng Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food ang ilang opisyal ng Bureau of Plant Industry kung bakit nasa listahan pa rin ng accredited garlic importers ang mga ito gayung […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) — Patuloy na nagbabala si Zamboanga City Agriculturist Dr. Diosdado Palacat tungkol sa paghuli, pagbebenta at pagkain ng isdang barracuda dahil sa taglay nitong kemikal na nakalalason sa tao. Dahil dito, naglilibot ngayon ang mga tauhan ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources upang inspeksyunin ang mga ibinebentang isda sa palengke. Ginawa ito matapos ang isang isolated incident umano, kung saan mayroong namatay na isang pusa pagkatapos makakain ng isda na galing sa […]
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, South Cotabato (Eagle News) – Isinagawa ang selebrasyon ng Month of the Ocean (MOO) sa isang mall General Santos City kamakailan. Isinasagawa ito taun-taon tuwing buwan ng Mayo ayon na rin sa Presidential Proclamation No. 57 na inilabas noong 1999. Ito ay pinangunahan ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at Department of Agriculture (DA) sa pamamagitan ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Sa taong ito ay ika-18 taong selebrasyon ng MOO […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 5 -The Bureau of Fisheries and the Philippine Fishports Development Authority, two agencies of government which are under the Department of Agriculture, have come up with a nationwide program to facilitate the distribution of fish straight from the fish ports to the remote towns of the country. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the program called “Isda sa Kabukiran” or Fish in the Rural Areas would entail the direct involvement of the BFAR […]
By Eden Suarez Santos (EAGLE NEWS) — Pormal nang naupo sa kani-kanilang puwesto sina Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol at Environment Secretary Gina Lopez. Ito ay matapos ang isinagawang turn-over ceremony sa kani-kanilang tanggapan kasama sina outgoing Secretary Proceso Alcala at Ramon Paje. Ipinaabot ng dalawang kalihim sa kani-kanilang mga nasasakupan ang naging marching order sa kanila ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kauna-unahang cabinet meeting noong Huebes pagkatapos ang oathtaking ceremony sa Malacanang. Pangunahin anila […]
