The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) is actively conducting research in an effort to produce more coffee variants to meet demand following the shortage of local coffee beans.Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Ministe…
An official of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Saturday a measure is being considered to make areas vulnerable to natural disasters, particularly volcanic eruptions, declared as national parks. Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno, at a forum in Que…
The measles-rubella and oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization activity (MR-OPV SIA) of the Department of Health (DOH) provided protection to 161,566 target children in 42 municipalities and one component city at the end of the extended activity…
The oil tanks of the sunken M/T Princess Empress have been emptied but containment efforts will continue, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Saturday. About 95 percent of the affected shorelines are now clean and only “very minimal
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct a thorough investigation on the killing of four family members at their residence in the remote village of Buenavista in Himamaylan City. “Those gui…
The government may surpass 100-percent rice self-sufficiency with its agricultural initiatives, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said in his weekly vlog released Saturday. Marcos said his administration is pushing for various projects and programs th…
