MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday assured a stable supply of agricultural commodities in the country despite the -3.3 percent year-on-year drop in agriculture and fisheries production in the second quarter of 2024.

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MANILA: Senator Raffy Tulfo on Wednesday said he filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 2768 seeking to impose stiff penalties on crimes involving dissemination of false information on bomb threats, explosives, or any other life-threatening or destructive materia…

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced Wednesday the selling of PHP29 per kg. of rice through the National Irrigation Administration’s (NIA) contract growing program.

“Ang objective nila is makapagbigay muli ng oportunidad sa mga mamimi…

BACOLOD CITY: This highly urbanized city’s annual budget is set to breach the PHP4-billion mark in 2025, from only PHP3.6 billion this year, estimates as of Wednesday showed.

Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said when he assumed in 2022, the annual bud…

MANILA: Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said Wednesday a total of 373 personnel of the Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG) were recalled from protective security duties for various government figures and pri…

MANILA: A Party-list lawmaker on Wednesday welcomed the ratification of the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act in both houses of Congress, saying that going after smugglers, hoarders, price manipulators, and cartels would effectively bring down f…

A disaster data and communication lab was inaugurated in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on August 6, marking a significant step in sci-tech cooperation between Vietnam and Laos. The 50 sq.m lab, a joint initiative of the Vietnam Academy of Science…

DAVAO: This city has secured more than PHP1 billion worth of investments this year in technology, manufacturing and agribusiness, Mayor Sebastian Duterte said during his State of the City Address (SOCA) on Tuesday.

Aside from the investments, Duterte…