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By Rose de la Cruz The optimism of the Department of Agriculture about adequate or no shortage of rice this year is commendable and something worth pondering. Where is the optimism of abundant rice coming from– is it the massive imports or from domestic production? Imagine, DA Assistant Secretary and spokesman Arnel V. de Mesa saying that the expected 400,000 …

The flagship loan program of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the Multi-Purpose Loan Flex (MPL Flex),  has lent P208.17 billion to 790,514 members in just one year. The MPL Flex was launched in September 2023 and since then, it blazed a consistent trail of record loan disbursements to GSIS members. The MPL Flex program is designed to provide government …

DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite – The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) inaugurated here Wednesday, September 18, its 41st completed Socio-Civic Center three years after its groundbreaking in October 2021. The three-story modern structure was built with a Php50 million grant from PAGCOR and is the only socio-civic facility with complement funding from the city government, bringing the total project cost …

Despite bigger import volumes of rice brought about by reduced tariffs, domestic retail prices for the grain have remained high at P50 to P65 per kilogram, market inspections showed. Imported rice that landed the country as of September 5 of nearly 2.9 million metrijc tons at reduced tariff of 15 percent (from 35 percent previously) by virtue of Executive Order …

Around 733 million people all ovrr the world  continue to face hunger. This was the dire warning of Director General Qu Dongyu of the Food and Agriculture Organization at the G20 Agriculture Working Group Ministerial Meeting in Chapada dos Guimaraes, Brazil as he stressed global targets remain “worryingly out of reach.” While notable progress has been made in the Latin …

The  United States Department of Agriculture raised its forecast of corn imports of the Philippines to cope with the requirement of local hog industry and other users. The forecast came after reports of an expected 2.8 percent increase in local corm production from 8.2 million metric tons (MMT) to 8.4 MMT. Likewise, wheat imports of the country next year would …

Despite  the challenges being experienced by the coconut industry, Philippine coconut products continue to top the export market, which makes it more important for a massive coconut replanting program to ensure steady supply of coconut products in the export market. And for this, President Marcos ordered the Philippine Coconut Authority to coordinate closely with the Cooperative Development Authority and consolidate …

The country’s sugar production might suffer a setback if Mt. Kanlaon’s projected eruption materializes and lahar flows from the active volcano. This as the Sugar Regulatory Administration said it is on alert due to possible lahar flows which could threaten sugar plantations near the restive Kanlaon Volcano, Business Mirror reported. The volcano, which recently spewed ash, has been under close …