Severe Tropical Storm Paeng has damaged a total of P67.2 million worth of crops, including fishery products and resources here, the City Agriculturist Office reported Wednesday. City Agriculturist Carmencita Sanchez said the damage when Paeng hit the city on Oct. 28 and 29 covered 238.60 hectares of farms planted with agricultural crops and fishery products across the six agricultural districts. “A total of 1,317 fisher folks and 476 farmers for a total of 1,793, were affected,” Sanchez said in a report to Mayor John Dalipe. Of the damage, Sanchez said the hardest hit was the fishery sector
The Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources -13 signed an agreement for the production of cultured bangus and tilapia fish varieties using locally formulated feeds. In an interview Wednesday, DA-13 information office chief Emmylou Presilda said the undertaking coursed through the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) will assist fisherfolk groups in the region, particularly on the high cost of feeds for fish culture production. On Tuesday, DA-13 Director Ricardo Oñate Jr. and BFAR-13 Director Nilo Selim Katada led the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the
The golden performances of Margarita “Meggie” Ochoa and Kimberly Anne Custodio at the 2022 Ju-Jitsu World Championships will inspire their teammates as they prepare for three major tournaments next year. The Philippine national anthem was played twice as they received their respective gold medals on the podium at the Ju-Jitsu Arena in Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week. Custodio had delivered the first gold on Nov. 2 after defeating Kacie Tan Pecharada of Thailand, 6-4, in the women’s minus 45-kg category final. Her other victories were over Tadaporn Sakaew of Thailand, 14-0, in
Eastern Visayas recorded a 7.4 percent inflation rate in October 2022, after two consecutive months of deceleration, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday. The October rate is higher than the 6.9 percent recorded in September and 7.2 percent in August. The uptrend in the regional rate in October 2022 was primarily due to the higher prices for housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels. “It registered a double-digit inflation rate of 11.1 percent in October from 8.6 percent in the previous month. This was followed by the heavily weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages index that
Household spending in the Philippines is expected to get a boost from the projected rise in real income in 2023, a report by Fitch Solutions Country Risk & Industry Research said. In a report dated Nov. 8, a copy of which was sent to journalists on Wednesday, Fitch Solutions said it reduced its 2022 growth forecast for real household spending in the Philippines from 7.6 percent year-on-year to 5.5 percent. However, it projects that household incomes will outperform inflation next year. “(This) will ensure real income growth and greater potential for consumer spending,” it added. The
Skirmishes between government troops and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members backed by lawless elements are ongoing sporadically in Basilan province’s hinterlands, a top military official said Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, 101st Infantry Brigade commander, said troops from the Army’s 64th Infantry Battalion stationed in the detachment in Barangay Ulitan, Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan, are on the defensive position as fighting continues. “As of now, the troops are on the defensive position since the MILF are the ones attacking,” Gobway said in a text message. The firefight broke out at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday when a soldier
