Teen pregnancy spike prompts urgent calls for stronger SRH policies, public investment
MANILA (October 14) — Advocates are pressing government leaders to scale up investments in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services as adolescent pregnancies rise...
Big agri push: Basilan launches ‘Magtanah’ to back farmers, secure food
BASILAN (October 14) — Governor Mujiv Hataman on Monday launched “Magtanah” — short for Magtanim Para May Hanapbuhay — a new provincial program designed...
Suspect in murder of Maguindanao Sur tribal leader nabbed
COTABATO CITY (October 13) — Security forces have arrested one of the suspects in the brutal killing of an Indigenous Peoples (IP) leader in...
Relief ops ramped up as strong quakes rock Mindanao
BUTUAN CITY (October 13) — Government relief operations have been intensified across large parts of Mindanao as communities recover from successive strong earthquakes, including...
Drone weed control matches traditional spraying in rice farms — PhilRice
MANILA (October 13) — Drones are proving to be just as effective as traditional backpack sprayers in controlling weeds in wet-seeded rice fields, according...
DA eyes 84% rice self-sufficiency by 2026, 90% by 2028
MANILA (October 13) — The Philippines aims to produce enough rice to meet 84 percent of its domestic demand by the end of 2026,...
