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(Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) will still know in two weeks to three months the cause of increased swine deaths in backyard farms in some areas, as the department continues to not disclose these places with unexplained swine deaths. At the same time, the DA assured the public that the pork being sold in the markets and grocery stores are safe as areas within the one kilometer radius of those with […]
Takes oath as MinDa chair (Eagle News)–Former Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol was “at odds” with the country’s economic managers and “a very powerful political personality.” Piñol himself said this after he took his oath as the new chair of the Mindanao Development Authority, following his resignation from the Department of Agriculture. “.. I felt then that I would get nowhere in my dream to serve the farmers and fisherfolks,” Piñol said, as he asked for […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, July 17, said he might appoint a military man at the helm of the Department of Agriculture. President Duterte made the remark in a television interview, after Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol tendered his courtesy resignation. Duterte has said he would appoint Piñol as head of the Mindanao Development Authority. “Maybe again a military man kasi madali mag-utos ng trabaho and they do it without question,” Duterte said. The President, […]
(Eagle News) — The world-famous Guimaras mango will be exported to Russia soon. Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol made the announcement in a Facebook post he shared on Thursday, May 2. According to Piñol, this was after Exim Pacific, a Russian fruit-importing company, expressed interest in buying two metric tons of the mango weekly. He said Agriculture Region Executive Director Remelyn Recoter is now working on the export requirements for the product, and is “coordinating closely […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture will be suspending the importation of bulb onions, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said on Friday, March 22. According to Piñol, this was pending the results of the investigation of the Philippine Competition Commission and the National Bureau of Investigation into the reported operations of a cartel manipulating the buying price of onions produced locally. It was the DA that asked for the probe following reports trading firms closed […]
(Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ng cloud seeding sa loob ng linggong ito ang Department of Agriculrure upang matugunan ang problema ng mga magsasaka kaugnay sa tagtuyot. Labing-isang bayan na sa Occidental Mindoro ang apektado ngayon ng El Niño at may dalawang barangay na ang nagdeklara na ng state of calamity. Sinabi ni Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol na ang pinaka-apektadong ng El Niño hanggang sa Mayo ay ang cental Luzon at ang Visayas. Tiniyak naman ng […]
(Eagle News) — Bukod sa paghihigpit, kailangang magpatupad na ng total ban sa lahat ng mga meat products na pumapasok sa bansa. Ito ang reaksyon ni Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines (AGAP) Partylist President Nicanor Briones matapos makapasok sa bansa ang mga meat product galing Japan na apektado ng African swine fever. Sa panayam ng Radyo Agila, sinabi ni Briones na bukod sa panganib sa kalusugan, babagsak din ang negosyo ng mga pork farmer […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is banning the entry of pork and other pork products from Japan following reports that African Swine Fever (ASF) is feared to be spread there. Agriclture Secretary Manny Piñol said that he had already alert the Bureau of Animal Industry at noon of Sunday, February 10. “At 12 noon today, I have alerted the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) through (DA) Undersecretary for Policy and Planning Segfredo […]
(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Department of Agriculture (DA) na hindi na nag-i-import ang Pilipinas ng karne ng baboy mula sa walong bansa na apektado ng African swine flu. Ang pagtitiyak ng DA ay sa gitna ng pangamba ng ilang hog industry stakeholders. Ayon kay Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol, ang frozen, processed at nalutong karne ng baboy mula sa China , Belgium, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia at Ukraine ay hindi na pinapayagan na makapasok […]
Ni Belle Surara Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Pangungunahan ng Department of Science and Technology (DOST) ang pagdiriwang ng National Biotechnology Week (NBW) sa taong ito. Layunin nito na mapalawak pa ang kaalaman ng mga mamamayan tungkol sa benepisyong idinudulot ng biotechnology sa buhay at pamumuhay ng tao. Ang tema nang naturang pagdiriwang ay “Pambansang Hamon, Pambansang Solusyon.” Ayon kay DOST Secretary Fortunato dela Peña, tatalakayin sa pagdiriwang ng NBW ang mga biotechnology product, […]
(Eagle News) — Ipapalabas na ng Department of Agriculture (DA) sa huling linggo ng Oktubre ang suggested retail price (SRP) para sa mga bigas. Ayon kay Secretary Manny Piñol, wala silang nakikitang dahilan para tumaas pa ang presyo ng bigas dahil bumabagsak na ang presyo ng mga palay. Apat na klase ng bigas aniya ang lalagyan nila ng SRP at ito ay ang mga regular-milled rice, well-milled, premium at special rice. Ngunit hindi aniya kasama […]
(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 […]
