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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Drowned roads, rising fuel, and the price we pay

DAVAO CITY (March 30) — Across Mindanao today, the effects of conflict among global powers are being felt. Not in distant headlines, but on flooded...

P15-M farm road in Davao del Sur boosts access—but scale, sustainability questions remain

DAVAO CITY (March 29) — A newly completed PHP14.96-million farm-to-market road (FMR) in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur is expected to ease long-standing transport challenges...

ATI plants seeds of innovation—but will Cotabato farmers reap the rewards?

KIDAPAWAN CITY  (March 25)  — The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) is turning real farms into classrooms across Cotabato, aiming to transform local agriculture through...

Eel export opens China door for Davao aquaculture

DAVAO CITY (March 23) — From local waters to Chinese tables, a two-ton shipment of Philippine eel has put the Davao Region on the...

Rice, corn output seen falling in Q1, raising food security concerns

MANILA (March 17) — The Philippines may face weaker harvests of its two key staple crops in the first quarter of the year, with...

DA cites role of over 92K women farmers in Caraga agri

BUTUAN CITY (March 14)  -– The Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) bared Thursday that 92,726 women farmers are already registered under...
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