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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has extended the imposition of the suggested retail price (SRP) for basic agriculture and fishery products to protect consumers against price irregularities in local markets amid the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon. In a new administrative circular signed by Agriculture Secretary William Dar, a price freeze for rice and other […]
“The threat of hunger is as real as the threat of COVID-19.” Thus is the new battlecry of the Department of Agriculture (DA) as it pursues initiatives along with other government agencies to surmount the huge challenges, particularly in ensuring continued supply of adequate food at reasonable prices to consumers nationwide, during this national state […]
Acts of discrimination against persons suspected of having or being infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), health workers and emergency workers are now prohibited in Quezon City. Mayor Joy Belmonte signed Executive Order No. 26, Series of 2020 on Monday (April 6), which punishes those who will discriminate persons who are infected or are […]
The South Korean government recently donated 950 metric tons (MT) of rice to the Philippines, particularly for the thousands of Filipino families adversely affected by natural disasters and calamities last year. They include the earthquake victims in Mindanao, particularly in North Cotabato and Davao del Sur, and other areas in regions 11 and 12, and […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will distribute P5,000 in cash subsidies to 600,000 rice farmers to help them with their needs during the extended enhanced community quarantine. “Our rice farmers will receive it as a direct cash transfer that they can use to buy either farm inputs, food for their families or anything they need,” […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is fine-tuning its “Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita,” a flagship agri-fishery marketing program, to serve more consumers in urban areas and improve market linkages between them and farmer-producers amid the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the DA, under its Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) will remit around P1.35 billion to the national government to support efforts to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID) pandemic. This after the NEA Board of Administrators (BOA) approved the remittance of the P1,346,765,113 in unused subsidies and dividends to the Bureau of Treasury, as requested by […]
To ensure food availability and sustain food production amid the threat of COVID-19, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is intensifying its promotion of home gardening through the distribution of free vegetable seeds and planting materials nationwide. “We need to explore all strategies to ensure that food productivity, availability and sufficiency is attained, particularly in this […]
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said they are looking to open for operation within this week the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila which is one of several state-owned buildings to be converted into temporary health facilities for the treatment and monitoring of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. “By this […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the country’s rice supply remains adequate amid the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine imposed to contain the coronavirus disease pandemic. In a Laging Handa press briefing, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said around 1.3 million metric tons (MT) of rice purchased by private importers have yet to be delivered to boost […]