Farmer shot in Bayawan dies

Florence Baesa 04/28/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental—The man shot in the mountain barangay of San Jose in Bayawan City on Monday, April 27, 2020, succumbed to a gunshot wound to his chest, police said. Read: NegOr police investigating shooting of…

A simple act of paying it forward by a farmer in Bayawan City, Negros Or.

Immae Lachica 04/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— In a crisis situation where everyone is doing everything they can do to survive, it is seldom to chance upon an individual who does not have much but is still willing to help others…

Saint Bernard arrest: Farmer accused of killing 15 people nabbed

Jani Arnaiz 04/11/2020

SAINT BERNARD, Southern Leyte, Philippines – A 76-year-old farmer, who is allegedly among the members of the CPP-NPA terrorist group accused of murdering 15 comrades in May 1985, was arrested on April 9, 2020 in Saint Bernard…

Jealous man stabs another for shaking common-law partner’s hand

Alven Marie Timtim and Paul Lauro 03/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Jealousy led a 25-year-old man from Barangay Pit-os in Cebu City to kill another who was trying to praise his common-law partner for her good singing voice. Randel Sanchez, a street vendor, told police…

Farmer in Guihulngan City shot dead while cooking

Florence Baesa 02/06/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental—A farmer was shot dead by three still unidentified assailants on Wedesday afternoon, February 5, 2020, in Barangay Binobohan, Guihulngan City. The Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO), in a report, identified the victim…

A Mantalongon farmer’s Christmas wish, dreams, hopes and challenges

Doris Mae Mondragon 12/23/2019

DALAGUETE, CEBU, Philippines — As early as 5 o’clock in the morning, Cornelio Ybañez is already up carrying on his shoulders a bamboo container and a sharp razor “sanggot”(scythe) to collect coconut sap. After that, he would…

Farmer shot dead inside his home in Sibonga

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A farmer was shot dead in his own home while his 12-year-old son was hiding in the other room in Barangay Bae, Sibonga town in southern Cebu  at past 8 p.m. on Monday,…

Pinamungajan farmer jailed for trying to kill neighbor

Alven A. Timtim 10/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Anger may have led a farmer from Pinamungajan town in southwestern Cebu to shoot another while it rained hard Friday night, October 4. Catalino Maniscad, 31, has denied to shooting his neighbor, Benjamin…

Bull gores to death farmer in Cebu City’s mountain barangay of Babag

Benjie B. Talisic 03/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 50-year-old farmer was gored to death on March 14  by one of three bulls that he was raising in the mountain barangay of Babag in Cebu City. Councilwoman Rebecca Kilaton of Barangay…

Uplifting the farmer-scientist

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 11/05/2018

Dr. Romulo Davide There is no stopping Dr. Romulo Davide, the multi-awarded national scientist from Argao, Cebu, from sharing his advocacy in uplifting farmers to become the scientists of their own communities. Now in his 80s, Davide…

A Chinese farmer couldn’t fly a plane, so he built one

Inquirer.net 10/27/2018

PEKIN, China–When a Chinese garlic farmer’s dream of flying an airplane didn’t pan out, he decided to build one instead. The full-scale replica of the Airbus A320 built by farmer Zhu Yue is now nearly finished, permanently…

Declining farmer population

Futch Anthony Inso 08/29/2018

AGRICULTURE CHALLENGE Based on a 2017 survey of the Department of Agriculture (DA), the average age of farmers in the Philippines today is 60 years old. For DA, the trend was worrisome as young generation of Filipinos…

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