DAVAO CITY — The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has consistenly been the highest fish produder in the Philippines during the last two years. In a report released on February 16, 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said that BARMM is still the highest fish producer in the country. Based on the Fisheries Situation […]
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Banana disease forces planters to shift to corn farming
DAVAO CITY –— Some 150 banana farmers with 50,000 hectares in Davao del Norte have decided to shift into corn farming after Fusarium wilt or Panama disease affected their farms since last year. The farmers incurred huge loss on their plantations which will take years to recover given the length of the healing period, a […]
Davao Region to start exporting Durian to China next month
DAVAO CITY — The Durian Industry Association of Davao City (DIADC) on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, said that they expect to start shipping fresh Durian to China next month. Department of Agriculture-Office of the Agriculture Counsellor (OAC) to China Agriculture Attaches Ana Abejuela said that the country needs to do the first batch of export […]
Cotabato province starts drone spray to protect rubber trees against infestation
DAVAO CITY – The Cotabato provincial agriculture office on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, starte its trial phase on the use agriculture drone in spraying a Rubber plantation in Barangay Balindog, Kidapawan City. Provincial rubber coordinator Vladimir Eusala said that the trial phase is part of the preparation of the Cotabato provincial government to protect the […]
Hundreds benefit from the city government’s caravan
DAVAO CITY – Hundreds of residents from barangay Amsipit in Maasim town, Sarangani province benefited from the Caravan services provided by various government agencies under the retooled community support program on Friday, February 17, 2023. It was the fifth caravan since the program was launched last year. The program has benefitted the residents from Barangays […]
GenSan opens Kalilangan trade fair
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Thirty Five (35) Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) exhibitors joined the 2023 Kalilangan Trade Fair here which opened on February 20, 2023, at Veranza Mall. The exhibitors in collaboration with the City Economic Management and Cooperative Development Office, Mindanao State University, and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), displayed […]
Davao City breaks ground site for livelihood training center
DAVAO CITY — The City Government of Davao, through the City Cooperative Development Office (CCDO), on Wednesday broke the ground for its new ‘Magnegosyo Ta Day’ livelihood training center to be located in Barangay 7-A Bucana, Talomo. The ceremony was attended by CCDO head Luzminda Eblamo, Agripino Torres, Assistant Administrator for Operations Janis Luis Esparcia, […]
South Cotabato recorded 51 cases of HFMD
KORONADAL CITY – Although largely contained, the municipality of Banga in South Cotabato has recorded 51 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in 15 of its 22 barangays since last week. Joseph Franco, chief of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), said most of those infected by the HFMD were children […]
Imbestigasyon sa PAL crew nga nagdala og sibuyas bombay gikasuko sa mga senador
DAKBAYAN SA DAVAO-— Nasuko silang Senador JV Ejercito ug Raffy Tulfo ang pagpasaka og kaso sa Bureau of Customs batok sa mga crew sa Philippine Airlines (PAL) nga nagpasalubong og sibuyas bombay sa ilang pagpauli gikan sa Riyadh, Saudi Arabia niadtong milabayng semana. Atol sa Committee hearing sa Committee on Agriculture sa senado, giyawyawan sa […]
Marcos gives support to fishermen hit by floods
DAVAO CITY –— President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday released cash assistance to fishermen hit by the recent flash floods and heavy rainfall in the Misamis provinces. The President distributed envelopes each with P5,000 under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program at the Gingoog City Hall in Gingoog, Misamis Oriental. “Ako […]
Marcos asks third party to inspect smuggled onions before market distribution
DAVAO CITY — In an effort to protect the FIlipino consumers health safety, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday ordered the phytosanitary inspection of smuggled onions before they are released to the market. During th Tuesday Cabinet meeting marcos stressed “The problem with the onions we’ve been trying… since kasi ang dami nating nahahanap […]
BFAR confiscates dried shark fins at Zamboanga airport
DAVAO CITY — Personnel from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource (BFAR )regiona IX confiscated 14.4 kilograms of dried shark fins worth more than Php 100,000 at the Zamboanga airport on December 22, 2022. In a Facebook post on January 3, 2023, the BFAR IX stated that personnel from the Regional Fisheries Inspection and […]
Customs intercepts P17M worth of smuggled onions
DAVAO CITY –— Personnel of Bureau of Customs (BOC) have intercepted around P17 million worth of onions hidden between sacks of used clothings known as “Ukay-ukay” inside three container vans from China on December 23, 2022 but the Customs office only released the press statement on Tuesday. Authoritries suspect that the shipper smuggled the onions […]