SUPPORT TO FARMERS. Some 40 farmers from former conflict-affected Barangay Consorcia in Las Nieves town, Agusan del Norte province, undergo a three-day community-based training and enterprise development that started on Feb. 21, 2023. The village is recently declared an insurgency-free area in Las Nieves. (Photo courtesy of 23IB) BUTUAN CITY - Forty farmers who are members of the Talcon Farmer's Poverty Association (TFPA) and the Consorcia Philippine Coconut Association in Las Nieves town, Agusan del Norte province have undergone a three-day skills training for added business opportunities. In a statement Thursday, the Army's 23rd Infantry Battalion (IB) said the skills training, dubbed as Community-Based Training and Enterprise Development (CBTED), is for villages formerly affected by encounters between government forces and communist rebels. The 23IB said the CBTED, which started Tuesday in Barangay Consorcia, aims to strengthen the livelihood activities of the members of the
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has confirmed a new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) on a farm in Gauteng, South Africa.
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has confirmed the outbreak of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHD) in the Western Cape and Norther Cape provinces.
(Photo from DOTr Facebook page) MANILA - The authority to construct and develop ports in the country has been delegated to the local government units (LGUs), the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Tuesday. The statement was issued, after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) bared that the DBM disapproved its request for PHP800 million in funding for the construction and upgrade of at least 36 ports and docks in 2023. Citing Republic Act (RA) 9170 or the Local Government Code of 1991, the DBM said the DOTr's request was rejected, since the LGUs are in charge of the port construction and modernization. "Per Section 17(B) item 8 of the Local Government Code of the Philippines, and pursuant to the Supreme Court Ruling on the Mandanas-Garcia Case, the construction of local ports has already been devolved to the local government units," the Budget department said in a press statement. The DBM was referring to the specific provision which contains the basic ser
TREE PLANTING. Police personnel in Negros Oriental plant seedlings during the nationwide simultaneous tree planting activity on Tuesday (Sept. 13, 2022). Some 200 personnel from various national government agencies planted around 2,000 seedlings in Barangay Enrique Villanueva in Sibulan town. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) DUMAGUETE CITY - Personnel of various government agencies in Negros Oriental on Tuesday planted 2,000 tree seedlings of different varieties in support of the priorities of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on environment and natural resources protection. Dubbed the National Simultaneous Bamboo and Tree Planting Activity, the seedlings were planted in Barangay Enrique Villanueva in the municipality of Sibulan. More or less 200 personnel from various national agencies and local government units (LGUs), led by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, participated in the activity, a report from the Negros Oriental Provincial Pol