Day: July 16, 2024

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Four provinces and four local government units in the Northern Mindanao Region have been included in the PHP1.055 billion allocation for the Green, Green, Green Program (GGGP). The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced on Tuesday that the covered areas are the provinces of Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental and Lanao del Norte. The LGUs included are Baloi in Lanao del Norte, Lugait and Claveria in Misamis Oriental, and this city. In a statement, DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said that the GGGP funding will be released to 80 LGUs nationwide, including 38 provinces, cities

DUMAGUETE CITY – Agriculture technicians are scrambling to curb a potential heavy fall armyworm infestation that threatens to wipe out corn fields in Negros Oriental, an official said Tuesday. Emmanuel Caduyac, Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) chief, told the Philippine News Agency that as of July 16, some 1,683 hectares of corn fields were already destroyed by fall armyworms in at least eight municipalities. These are Manjuyod, Bindoy, La Libertad, Vallehermoso, Tayasan, Ayungon, Jimalalud and San Jose. Vallehermoso suffered the most damage with a total infestation, destroying 168 hectares planted with corn, the PAO official said. The other towns reported at