DA sets zoning of hog farms
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will soon implement zoning of hog farms as an additional move to contain the spread of African swine fever...
Atlas Mining pares down losses in first 9 months
Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp. reported a lower net loss of P45 million for the first nine months of the year, a 94...
Solons to launch inquiry on sugar lib
TALISAY CITY, Negros Occidental. — Lawmakers from Negros and other sugar-producing regions will hold a congressional inquiry on the economic development cluster’s proposal to...
Oil prices drop; power rates stable
After last week’s announcement of a lower inflation rate in September, consumers are in for more good news as fuel prices are down while power rates...
‘No need to import more sugar’
A representative of sugar farmers in the government agency regulating the commodity said there is no need to import additional sugar for the remaining...
70% tariff on rice pushed
The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture & Food Inc. (PCAFI) is pushing for a 70-percent tariff on rice to discourage the entry of entry of...
Water rate hike looms
Water rates are poised to go up this month after the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System-Regulatory Office (MWSS-RO) approved the implementation of the deferred...
DA: No African swine fever epidemic
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) yesterday said there is no African swine fever (ASF) epidemic in the country and clarified that ASF episodes in...
Cheap rice to depress palay prices: P10B FUND READIED
The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) expressed fears the National Food Authority (NFA) Council and the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) decision to unload nearly...
NFA to flood market with cheap rice
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the National Food Authority (NFA) has been ordered to flood the market with 3.6 million 50-kilogram (kg) bags...
