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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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A farmer was hacked and killed his neighbor, a laborer, at past 4 p.m. on Monday in Ayungon town in Negros Oriental. Jungie Emang of Barangay Tibyawan died after he was hacked several times by his neighbor,…
He barely survived a random shooting eight years ago and to this day, the attack fueled Roland Arita’s hatred of criminals. “Suko gyud ko sa dautan nga mga tawo. (I am really mad at evil persons),” he…
A 58-year-old farmer was arrested on Sunday afternoon after he was complained of molesting a 14-year-old girl in Jagna town, Bohol. Police Officer 2 Jonalyn Llimit of the town’s Women and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD) revealed that…
A 47-year-old farmer died on Thursday night after he was horned by his own carabao in Barangay Tubod, Barili town, Cebu, approximately 58 kilometers from Cebu City. The farmer, Rene Boy Umlay, sustained a severe injury in…
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