Cranberry surprise in Mandaue

Melissa Q. Cabahug 12/21/2014

Fifteen trees with  red and purple cranberries  grow behind the gate of Maria Magdalena Lim’s two-story home in barangay Casuntingan, Mandaue City. Passersby wonder about the strange fruit, which is grown in  cooler weather of north America…

Displaced Danao miners urged shift to farming

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/30/2014

  Miners who were displaced by the closure of a mining firm in Danao City following an accident that killed one person were advised  to shift to farming. Councilor Roland P. Reyes encouraged the affected miners, who…

North Cebu fishers get P33M in aid

Peter L. Romanillos 03/20/2014

Help is on the way for seaweed farmers and fisherfolks in northern Cebu four months after supertyphoon Yolanda swept away their aquatic farms and fishing gears. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-7 turned over P33…

Natural-born farmer in Talisay City sees gift of nature

02/03/2014

With the sunrise starting to peek through his bedroom window, Embencio Adala prepares for another day out in a twenty-hectare farmland he tills. Growing up in the mountains of barangay Candulawan, Talisay City, the 69-year-old father of…

Climate-resilient farms

Editorial 01/27/2014

While authorities said poor animal care killed several heads of cattle in Cebu’s upland barangays, we cannot deny the role of climate change in the deaths and damage to agriculture. Dr. Pilar Romero, head of Cebu City’s…

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