Day: August 5, 2025

Baguio city: A total of 455 scholarship slots for various skills and trades are being offered by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority – Cordillera State Institute of Technical Education (TESDA-CSITE). Among the skill sets that can be learned are bartending, electronics installation and maintenance, electronics assembly servicing, trainers methodology, food and beverage services, organic agriculture production, gas metal arc welding, masonry, and shielded metal arc welding, among others, TESDA-CSITE scholarship focal person Beverly Cudli said in an interview. According to Philippines News Agency, these scholarships are available at the five CSITE campuses, which include the main campus at

Bacolod: The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has initiated the procurement process for pesticides worth PHP15 million to aid farmers in the Visayas region affected by the red-striped soft-scale insect (RSSI) infestation. “We are just completing the necessary documents and the right specifications to immediately procure the pesticides,” stated SRA Board Member David Andrew Sanson, head of the RSSI Task Force. According to Philippines News Agency, the budget comprises PHP10 million allocated by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and PHP5 million from the SRA’s disaster fund. SRA-Visayas data indicates that about 3,284.80 hectares of sugarcane farms in Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental,