COTABATO CITY – A lawmaker called on farmers in the upland areas of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Mindanao (BARMM) to try planting new crop varieties, including bananas, to improve their earnings amid the pandemic.... Read full article
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) on Wednesday proposed PHP1.2-million worth of funding as an upgrade to its existing Urban Community MicroFarm (UCM) project.... Read full article
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The province of Camiguin has imposed a temporary ban on pork meat and by-products from outside the island after the Department of Agriculture-Northern Mindanao (DA-10) confirmed cases of African swine fever (ASF).... Read full article
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Cebu has proposed a PHP18.3-billion budget for 2022, the bulk of which will be spent on infrastructure, economic recovery programs, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response.... Read full article
MAMBAJAO, Camiguin – Despite the threat of the pandemic and lanzones scarcity, the island province will still celebrate the annual Lanzones Festival although virtually, Governor Jurdin Jesus Romualdo said Friday.... Read full article
DUMAGUETE CITY – The first batch of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Negros Oriental whose sources of income were devastated by Typhoon Odette received livelihood aid from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Friday.... Read full article
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Ariel Cancer, a resident of this city, left his carinderia (food stall) to have his 10-year-old child vaccinated on Thursday.... Read full article
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office here has started to implement the solar pump fertigation project to help boost the agricultural sector in Central Luzon.... Read full article
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil of this town has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and has gone into isolation.... Read full article
BAGUIO CITY – The local government is planning to develop six new economic areas or "growth nodes" to help decongest the city's central business district.... Read full article