Agriculture and Food

Shut down, but not gone: Misamis Oriental renews fight vs. illegal mining

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (August 27)  — The closure signs may be up, but illegal mining has proved harder to keep out of Misamis Oriental. Authorities returned to Barangay Limonda...

10-year-old pregnancies ring alarm bells in Davao Region as cases rise

CPD: Every pregnancy involving a girl aged 10 to 14 signals a failure to protect children DAVAO CITY (August...

Ombudsman tags Davao as ‘epicenter’ of flood control corruption probe

MANILA (August 27)  — Davao City has emerged as a key focus of the government’s widening probe into...

Digos police trace school threats to 3 minors, trigger six-month intervention

DIGOS CITY (August 27)  — What began as online threats against two schools has ended with three students...

No water, no normal: Dinagat Islands seeks calamity declaration as crisis hits 18,000

BUTUAN CITY (August 27) — Water is running short across Dinagat Islands, and provincial officials are moving to...
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Northern Mindanao races to prepare as El Niño threat looms

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (July 3) — With forecasters warning of a high likelihood of El Niño returning before the year ends, Northern Mindanao...

Philippine pineapples make sweet comeback to UAE shelves

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (July 1)  — Philippine pineapples are back on supermarket shelves in the United Arab Emirates, reopening a key Middle East market...

Livelihood Aid for Davao Gulf Fish Workers Continues Despite Earthquake Response

DAVAO CITY  (June 17)  — While government agencies remain focused on relief and recovery efforts following the powerful June 8 earthquake in southeastern Mindanao,...

Price Cap Meets Market Reality: Davao Retailers Struggle to Comply with P50 Rice Ceiling

DAVAO CITY (June 2) — Barely hours after the government imposed a nationwide PHP50-per-kilo ceiling on imported rice, authorities in Davao City encountered a...

Bukidnon Bets on Coffee as Its Next Economic Powerhouse

VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon (May 31) — Long known as Mindanao's food basket, Bukidnon is now staking its claim as the country's coffee capital. The province...

Filipino Coffee Eyes Global Market as Farmers Chase Premium Prices

TACURONG CITY (May 29) — The Philippine coffee industry is pushing deeper into the global specialty market, with government officials and industry leaders saying...
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