DAVAO CITY — To support the fisherfolks and to sustain the marine protection of Davao de Oro province, the Therma Marine Inc (TMI), a subsidiary of AboitizPower Foundation (AFI) recently donated 100 livelihood packages to the residents of two fishing communities in the coastal area of Maco town in the province of Davao de Oro. […]
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LGU’s told protect the environment plant trees
DAVAO CITY –— The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) joined President Ferdinand “Bong-bong” Marcos, Jr. and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the kick-off ceremony of the National Simultaneous Bamboo and Tree Planting Activity held Tuesday at Pintong Bocaue in San Mateo, Rizal in time for the 65th birthday […]
PH supply of local sardines sufficient: DA-BFAR
MANILA – The Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) assured consumers on Wednesday that the country has a sufficient supply of sardines. In a statement, the DA-BFAR said the supply is “entirely locally-produced” even as it forecast an annual production of 293,431 MT. “The volume, which is entirely sourced locally, comes from […]
Davao has enough supply of pork for the holiday season-DA XI
DAVAO CITY— Pork consumers need not worry about the supply of pork during the holiday season as it got enough supply, this was the assurance of the Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11). The assurance came in the wake of African Swine Fever cases in some areas in southern Mindanao including Davao city and […]
Customs confiscates “shabu” from Nigeria
DAVAO CITY — Bureau of Customs seized about 8.575 kilos of suspected “shabu” which has an estimated value of P58.31-million from a package which originated in Nigeria and declared as “Assorted dried spices”. The joint personnel from San Andres, Manila by a team from the Bureau of Customs-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA), Philippine Drug Enforcement […]
Customs uncovers 57k sacks of imported sugar in Quezon raid
DAVAO CITY — Another big haul of hidden sugar was uncovered by the operatives of the Bureau of Customs inside a warehouse in Quezon City on Saturday which yielded around 57,000 sacks of sugar from Thailand estimated to cost P285 million. The BOC in a statement released on Saturday, revealed that the Customs Intelligence and […]
BARMM tops regions in Q2 2022 fisheries production
COTABATO CITY—Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ranked first among the country’s top five (5) fish-producing regions during the second quarter of 2022. Based on the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) Fisheries Situation Report from April to June 2022, the total volume of fisheries production in the country reached 1,213.31 metric tons (MT). Of the […]
Customs intercepts illegally shipped processed chicken
DAVAO CITY — A shipment of processed chicken meat that entered the country without sanitary and import permits was intercepted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Aug. 17. The BOC also examined the check-in baggage of Vietnamese passengers on board the carrier ship before turning over […]
PH to import 150,000 MT of sugar
DAVAO CITY —– After the sugar importation issue anomaly broke off, the department of Agriculture through Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced that the Department of Agriculture (DA) is now preparing the proposal to import 150,000 metric tons (MT) this time half of the proposed 300,000 metric tons as earleir proposed. The announcement of the Palace […]
BARMM gives livelihood packages to 17 former combatants
COTABATO CITY—A total of seventeen (17) former combatants from different groups received on Wednesday, Aug. 17, livelihood assistance from the Project Tulong ng Gobyernong Nagmamalasakit (TUGON) of the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG) in partnership with the Ministry of Trade, Investments and Tourism (MTIT). After returning to the fold of the law, said project […]
Sugar shortage causes insufficient softdrinks production
DAVAO CITY — The softdrinks companies pointed the shortage of premium grade sugar caused production shortage. The Newsline Philippines was furnished a copy of the one-page statement signed by a certain Rommin Diaz, leading softdrinks bottlers in the Philippines in a joint statement issued Tuesday afternoon stating “We confirm our industry is facing shortage of […]
Village celebrates nutrition through family cooking competition
DAVAO CITY — To give meaning to the commemoration of this year’s nutrition month, a village in Lamitan City, Basilan province, held a competition among families using community harvested vegetables as major engriedients. The competition was dubbed “Me and My Buddy Chef” was held in Barangay Malinis Covered Court involving families and their children in […]
Rotten food packs, spoiled rice prompt newbie mayor to put up suggestion box
DAVAO CITY –— A newbie town mayor in Davao Oriental established a suggestion box at the municipal hall for his constituents to raise issues, concerns and new ideas before him. This, after Caraga town Mayor Ronnie S. Osnan on July 23, 2022 discovered truck loads of rotten food packs and spoiled rice hidden inside an […]