In yet another day of upsets, Indian women paddlers Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee did the star-turn for India at the WTT Star Contender Goa, overcoming hi
(File photo) MANILA Senator Robinhood Padilla on Thursday urged concerned government agencies to help Filipino farmers and fishermen to become businessmen in order to alleviate them from poverty. During a hearing conducted by the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship, Padilla asked representatives of agencies if there are programs to organize farmers and fishers into cooperatives, and to help them run their own businesses. "Hindi po ba sila pwedeng i-train na ang kanilang raw materials.. lagi na lang kasing raw kukunin ng trader, maiiwan ang magsasaka o mangingisda, kikita ang trader. Di po ba tayo makagawa ng paraan na tulad sa ibang bansa, ang magsasaka at mangingisda nila ang may matatawag na magandang buhay (Can we not train them how to trade their raw materials.. traders always get their products raw, the farmer or fisherman get left behind, and the trader profit. Can we not find a way to be like other countries where farmers and fishers have a good life)
INCREASING FERTILIZER PRICE. Department of Agriculture-Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority Deputy Executive Director Myer Mula (left) joins Assistant Secretary Noel Reyes (right) in a virtual presser on Tuesday (May 24, 2022). The officials promoted the utilization of the Balanced Fertilization Strategy to ease the pressures of the increasing fertilizer prices. (Screengrab) MANILA - Amid the worsening limitation of fertilizer supply worldwide, the Department of Agriculture- Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (DA-FPA) on Tuesday said Russia has vowed to supply traditional fertilizer urea to the Philippines. "We are really lacking, but we are looking at how to solve these things. We have meetings with Russia, they have responded, I just received a call, that they are willing to supply us the fertilizer," FPA Deputy Executive Director Myer Mula in a virtual presser. DA Spokesperson Assistant Secretary Noel Reyes said the volume of importation is yet to be determined. "We alr
With World Cup ticket at stake, Malaysia and Korea made a winning start to their campaign here on the opening day of the Asia Cup at the GBK Arena, Jakarta on M
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong announced that it has suspended import of poultry meat and products from areas in Poland, France, UK, and Korea.