Iloilo City moves to contain ASF
Iloilo City Government has put in place quarantine measures within the 500-meter radius of its first-recorded African Swine Fever (ASF) case in Zone 5, Brgy. Tacas in Jaro district. Mayor …
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DBM releases ₱8.05 Billion cash allocation to aid over 1.5 million rice farmers
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman approved on Friday, 29 July 2022, the release of the Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) amounting to P8,053,474,140 to the …
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‘Babayi, Ka-Agri’: DA exhibit features top WV rural women entrepreneurs
In observance of the 2022 National Women’s Month, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas features the outstanding rural women farmers, agri-entrepreneurs, and women prime movers in the agri-fishery sector …
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Over 68,000 Ilonggo rice farmers to get P5,000 cash subsidy
The Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas through the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) targets to distribute a total of P344.04-million …
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Globe, ZSL join hands with Iloilo fisherfolks for mangrove conservation project
Globe, together with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Philippines, joined forces with a local fisherfolk association in Brgy. Pedada, Ajuy, Iloilo to further science-based mangrove conservation efforts in the …
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The Joys of Gardening with ACE Hardware Hotline #11223
It can be said that gardening bloomed during the pandemic. The homebound discovered the joys of gardening, and became plantitos and plantitas almost overnight. And with more time in their …
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Over 4,000 Ilonggo rice farmers finish school-on-air on smart rice agriculture
Some 3,969 rice farmers from 37 municipalities in Iloilo and 245 farmers from Guimaras have completed the six-month-long Unified School-On-Air on Smart Rice Agriculture (SOA-SRA) organized by the Department of …
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DA-6 eyes 39% hike in wet season palay production
Rice farmers in Region 6 are expected to attain a 39 percent increase in the production volume of palay this wet cropping season compared to the actual harvest of 865,923 …
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16 Western Visayas youths start agribiz mentorship
Out of 151 applicants, 16 young graduates of agriculture courses here in Western Visayas got qualified to undergo a six-month Mentoring and Attracting Youth in Agribusiness (MAYA) internship program beginning …
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MORE Power makes Iloilo River more alive with dispersal of juvenile fishes
MORE Power Iloilo, the city’s sole electricity distribution utility, intensified its efforts in helping the local government in caring for the environment. On Saturday morning, MORE Power executives released 730 …
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