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(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) — President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing the transfer of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol to the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), saying the needed someone who knows Mindanao well to help him to coordinate efforts between the national government and the newly formed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “I cannot see anybody in the horizon except Piñol who knows and grew up…was born in Mindanao and grew up there. He is a […]
(Eagle News) – Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has submitted his courtesy resignation to President Rodrigo Duterte, requesting him to “relieved” from his present position. This was revealed by Senator-elect Christopher “Bong” Go, Duterte’s former aide, on Thursday. “With the best interest of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and its stakeholders in mind, may I request that I be relieved from my present position as secretary of agriculture and reassigned to whichever agency you believe […]
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) — 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) — The crisis from the bird flu is now over and it is now safe to eat poultry products, according to both the agriculture and health departments. This announcement was made after there were no more reported cases of birds or fowl that have bird flu, and upon the Department of Agriculture’s order lifting the 7-kilometer radius quarantine restrictions in previously affected areas in Pampanga and Nueva Ecija. This means that the transport […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that two cases of bird flu in two towns of Nueva Ecija and are set to do culling operations within the one kilometer radius of the farms where the cases had been found. Agricullture Secretary Manny Piñol said that the confirmed cases were in the towns of Jaen and San Isidro. He said that in Jaen, the bird flu case was confirmed in […]
(Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol on Thursday assured the public there was enough rice supply in the country. In a radio interview, Piñol said what the National Food Authority lacked was the rice that could be introduced into the market if prices rose. “Yun po ang kulang sa kanila. But in as far as the rice supply is concerned, enough ang ating rice supply,” he said. He also said President Rodrigo Duterte has […]
Binalaan ni incoming Agriculture secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol ang mga mapansamantalang negosyante na huwag maging sakim at sa halip ay maging patas lalo na sa mga magsasaka.
