The government program to sell rice at only P20 a kilo, which President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said would be rolled out first ...

At the inauguration of the Integrated Coconut Processing Facility in Misamis Oriental on Tuesday, Marcos said he was surprised that it was the first processing center for coconut, even though the ...

A sluggish agricultural sector slowed down the economic growth of the Davao region last year, officials said Tuesday upon ...

Senatorial candidate and ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo called for the restoration of the NFA’s mandate to purchase ...

An estimated 14.4 million Filipino families consider themselves poor in the first quarter of 2025, a new survey conducted by ...

BETTER SERVICES. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. launches the Agri-Puhunan at Pantawid (APP) Program in Mindanao at the Sarangani Gymnasium in Alabel, Sarangani on Friday (April 11, 2025). The ...

MANILA, Philippines — A group of rural workers’ advocates urged the Philippine government to impose a floor price for palay (unmilled rice) to arrest the decline in retail prices of the staple ...

A farmer threshes newly harvested palay grains at a ricefield in Mogpog, Marinduque in central Philippines, March 22, 2016. — REUTERS THE Department of Agriculture (DA) signaled its openness to a ...

The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) asked the government to implement a minimum palay buying price (MPBP) to protect farmers from drastic declines in farmgate prices caused by excessive rice imports ...

DA spokesman Arnel de Mesa says the agency is already reviewing the placement of a floor price for palay MANILA, Philippines – A farmers’ group is urging the Philippine government to impose a ...

COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — Election-related attacks targeting local political leaders and candidates continue in different parts of Mindanao in the run-up to the midterm elections on May 12, ...

THE Mindanao Transport Confederation of the Philippines (MTCP), which has over a million members across the island, has urged President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to undergo a hair follicle test ...