The Commission on Human Rights is investigating the arrest and detention of 91 farmers, land reform advocates, media workers and students in Concepcion, Tarlac last week.
P400-B needed to achieve P20 per kilo rice: solon radyonatin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from radyonatin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(File photo) MANILA - A party-list lawmaker on Tuesday said it is possible to achieve President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong' Marcos Jr.'s campaign promise to slash prices of rice to as low as PHP20 per kilo if appropriate and timely measures are immediately put in place. Magsasaka Partylist Representative Argel Cabatbat said the government should infuse a budget of at least PHP400 billion into the agriculture sector to ensure basic support services and infrastructure, and cut the high cost of production and marketing, and labor-intensive farm practices. Cabatbat said policymakers should have faith in Filipino farmers by giving them all the support they need to revitalize the rice planting activities. Cabatbat cited Thailand and Vietnam as examples, wherein full government support and a comprehensive mechanization program allowed the nations to enjoy higher yields and cheaper production costs in recent years. "We should not doubt the capability of local farmers to produc
DAR chief distributes 179 e-titles to Western Visayas farmers radyonatin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from radyonatin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
E-TITLES. Agrarian Secretary Bernie Cruz (2nd from left), Aklan 2nd District Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr., and Western Visayas Regional Director Sheila Enciso lead the distribution of e-titles under the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) Project of DAR in Naisud Covered Court, Barangay Naisud, Ibajay, Aklan in this undated file photo. A total of 179 electronic land titles have been distributed to agrarian reform beneficiaries in Western Visayas. (Contributed photo) KALIBO, Aklan - Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Bernie Cruz has distributed a total of 179 electronic land titles (e-titles) to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) of Western Visayas under the agency's Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) Project over the weekend. "The 'e-titles' issued here in Ibajay, Aklan, that were made possible under the Land Registration Authority's new computerized system, are the first e-titles distributed to