Higher Goods Discount for Seniors & PWDs Effective Next Week SENIORS & PWD – With the current discount at P65, the weekly 5% special discount for senior citizens and persons with disabilities is set to increase to P125 starting next week, as per a joint administrative order endorsed by the trade, agriculture, and energy departments. … Read more
DA Not Considering SRP Implementation in PH Amidst Increase in Rice Inflation If implementing the SRP will only jeopardize the situation, then the Philippines needs a more effective move to fight rice inflation surge. Undeniably, contrary to what countless Filipinos hope for, the costs of rice in the Philippines continues to increase. The reality now … Read more
PH Rice Prices Continue to Soar The Philippines is in need of an immediate counter-action from the Department of Agriculture amid the speedy increase on rice prices. Rice is a staple food in the Philippines. It is present in the dining table at least three (3) times a day in most households — breakfast, lunch, … Read more
Price of Local Garlic Jumped to P300 Per Kilo, Department of Agriculture Says The Department of Agriculture reported that the prices of local garlic in the country have jumped to P300 per kilo. Because of the high prices of goods and commodities, many Filipinos are currently having difficulty budgeting their money. One of those that … Read more
Rowena Guanzon Air Frustration Over High Price of Fertilizer P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon vents frustration on social media against the high price of fertilizer. Guanzon couldn’t help but be irritated after learning about the fertilizer price increase on Twitter. According to Guanzon, the price has risen from P720 last year to P3,800 this year. … Read more
3 Men Arrested for Posing as Fake DA Employees and Selling Rice Seeds Police authorities arrested three men posing as fake employees of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and selling rice seeds. During a buy-bust operation in Saguday, Quirino, the Quirino Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Provincial Field Unit, or CIDG-PFU, detained three phony or … Read more
Raffy Tulfo Questions Cynthia Villar for Making Farmers’ Land Into Subdivisions Senator Raffy Tulfo questioned Senator Cynthia Villar for allegedly buying farmers’ land to make it into subdivisions. During the plenary debates held on the 2023 budget of the Department of Agriculture, the two senators became irate about the topic of turning farmland into residential … Read more
Arnold Clavio Reacts to the Decision of Government to Import Fish Veteran journalist Arnold Clavio expresses his reactions to the decision of the government to import fish into the country. Clavio took to Instagram to voice his viewpoint on the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) choice to import fish. Recall that the DA declared on November … Read more
Typhoon Karding Agricultural Damage Reach P160M; DA said Agricultural damage of super typhoon Karding (international name: Noru) have reached for over P160.1 million The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), the Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and the Bicol Region were all included in the most recent estimations made by the DA’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management … Read more
Agriculture USecs Says Oversupply of Garlic, Cabbage is Farmers Fault The Department of Agriculture Undersecretary (Usec) Domingo Panganiban blames farmers due to the ‘oversupply’ of garlic and cabbage. In his radio interview, Panganiban blamed farmers to the market’s excess of garlic and cabbage. According to Panganiban, farmers never even consider if they will be able … Read more