SENATOR Loren Legarda has renewed her call for the Philippines to ratify the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, saying the country has nothing to lose “but everything to gain with it.” In particular, Legarda urged all concerned…
GROUPS making claims that the seaweeds from the Philippines spread diseases should make sure their reports are based on thorough study as these statements are hurting local farmers, an industry leader said. Maximo Richohermoso, chairman of the…
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) launched yesterday its Brown Rice for Good challenge to promote its consumption by the public and help charities at the same time. Their launching in downtown Cebu City was attended by Presidential…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) building will soon rise inside the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) compound on M. Velez Street, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City. This after Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III signed a deed…
Aircraft safety issues have forced the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) to suspend cloud-seeding operations effective May 3. Oscar Tabada, Pagasa Visayas director, said the aircraft used for the cloud-seeding operations could not be…
The intense heat brought about by the El Niño phenomenon has affected the production of vegetables of the upland barangays in at least five towns in the southern part of Cebu province. “These places are from the…
Sidlak, Region VII Gender Resource Center has been here for more than eight years. Dr. Rhodora Masilang Bucoy together with women advocates in UP Cebu, mostly members of the Gender and Development Committee, worked to establish Sidlak…
Several government agencies have yet to start implementing projects for victims of supertyphoon Yolanda which struck the country in November 2013. Only 32 percent or 697 of the total 2,185 projects in northern Cebu were completed while…
THE Cebu City Council yesterday passed a resolution pushing for an inspection of all warehouses and stores for fake rice. The resolution, authored by Councilor Alvin Dizon, also urged the regional offices of the Department of Agriculture…
