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55,000 KILOS FOOD AID DONATIONS REACHED BY SMC PROGRAM IN TONDO
Not letting up on its pandemic response efforts, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) reported that its food assistance program for families in...

By The Financial District
Jan 28, 20213 min read


DA: FISHERY SECTOR DOWN BY MINIMAL 1.2%
Despite the ‘perfect storm’ that ravaged the country in 2020, the agriculture and fishery sector showed its resilience as it contracted...

By The Financial District
Jan 28, 20212 min read


WINE SUBMERGED AT SEA, AGED BY WAVES A NEW RAGE IN JAPAN
An initiative to age bottles of wine on the ocean floor, aided by the vibrations of the waves, is underway in a bay in east Japan.

By The Financial District
Jan 27, 20211 min read


AGRICULTURE, FISHERY SECTORS RESILIENCY DEVELOPED
Agriculture Secretary William Dar highlighted important directions and strategies in continuously making the country’s agriculture and...

By The Financial District
Jan 26, 20212 min read


FILIPINO COMMUNITY TRIES TO SHED OFF HOSTESS IMAGE IN JAPAN
Almost four decades on from its origins in the arrival of women to work as hostesses at "Philippine pubs," the Filipino community has...

By The Financial District
Jan 25, 20212 min read


DA EYES 1 MILLION MT ADDITIONAL RICE OUTPUT
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking at a one million metric ton (MMT) increment in rice production for the current year...

By The Financial District
Jan 25, 20212 min read


ONE WINNER FOR $1B PRIZE IN MEGA MILLIONS U.S. LOTTERY
One winning ticket was sold in Michigan for the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot, making it the third-largest lottery prize in US history.

By The Financial District
Jan 25, 20211 min read


BFAR UTILIZES AQUAPONICS FOR BICOL LIVELIHOOD INTERVENTION
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has now started the urban demonstrations of its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...

By The Financial District
Jan 23, 20212 min read


KASAMBAHAYS TOLD TO FILE LABOR COMPLAINTS AT DOLE
Underscoring the importance of dialogue in settling labor disputes, Secretary Silvestre Bello III encouraged kasambahays to file...

By The Financial District
Jan 22, 20212 min read


FARMERS URGED TO TAP INSURANCE PROGRAMS
Agriculture Secretary William Dar is urging backyard and commercial hog raisers to secure insurance packages so they can recover part of...

By The Financial District
Jan 22, 20212 min read


ROME RESTO OWNERS DEFY CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS
Some restaurant owners in Rome have defied coronavirus restrictions, keeping their doors open for customers at dinnertime.

By The Financial District
Jan 18, 20211 min read


NUEVA ECIJA FARMERS BENEFIT FROM MECHANIZATION PUSH OF DA
Farmer-members of different cooperatives and associations in Nueva Ecija are now benefiting from using mechanized farming equipment and...

By The Financial District
Jan 18, 20212 min read


PANDEMIC DECIMATES SMALL BUSINESSES IN NEW YORK
Small businesses in New York City are struggling in the wake of the coronavirus...

By The Financial District
Jan 17, 20211 min read


DTI HIGHLIGHTS LEGISLATIVE PLANS
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez highlighted the legislative plans of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to cement closer...

By The Financial District
Jan 15, 20212 min read


COMPETITION POLICY ASSURED
Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) chairman Arsenio Balisacan reiterated the need for a competition policy.

By The Financial District
Jan 14, 20211 min read


U.S. CRAFT BREWERS MAKE JAPANESE LAGERS USING RICE
American craft brewers are taking to rice as ducks to water, shunning the age-old stigma of the grain as a low caliber ingredient for...

By The Financial District
Jan 13, 20212 min read


DA EYES IMPROVED RICE PRODUCTIVITY
The Department of Agriculture (DA) aims to further improve the country’s rice productivity and adequacy levels this year, boosted by the...

By The Financial District
Jan 11, 20213 min read


ISRAELI FIRM HELPS PALESTINIANS IN GAZA TO GENERATE WATER FROM AIR
Watergen has developed atmospheric water generators that can produce 5,000 to 6,000 litres of drinking water per day, depending on the...

By The Financial District
Jan 8, 20212 min read


DA SETS AGRI-DESIGN COMPETITION FOR ARCHITECTS
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has teamed up with RE-TERRA, a youth organization, to conduct a design competition for future...

By The Financial District
Jan 8, 20212 min read


RP, INDIA BOOST ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and India Ambassador to the Philippines Shambhu Kumaran met recently to explore ways of enhancing...

By The Financial District
Jan 5, 20212 min read


LAND BANK FUNDING SUPPORT FOR AGRI LOANS HITS P231.6 BILLION
The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) further surpassed its accomplishment targets for the agriculture sector in November 2020...

By The Financial District
Jan 5, 20212 min read


29 TAIWANESE SENTENCED IN CHINA FOR TELECOMS SCAM IN SPAIN
A total of 29 Taiwanese nationals have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from four-and-a-half years to 14 years in China for telecoms...

By The Financial District
Jan 4, 20211 min read


JAPANESE STUDENT SPURS BUG-EATING BUZZ ON YOUTUBE
A university student in western Japan is hoping his YouTube cooking shows and cricket powder coffee will help people swat away their...

By The Financial District
Jan 1, 20211 min read


DA CHIEF URGES PUBLIC TO BUY LOCAL FRUITS FOR NOCHE BUENA
Agriculture Secretary William Dar has urged the public to patronize and buy local fruits in keeping with the tradition of serving round...

By The Financial District
Dec 31, 20201 min read
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