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Antique: Two coconut farmers’ associations in Antique are recipients of egg incubators from the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to boost their poultry projects. The incubators will be delivered within the week to recipients Milagrosa Small Farmers Associations of the Municipality of Anini-y and the Maray Small Farmers’ Organization in the Municipality of Bugasong, said PCA Division Chief I for Aklan and Antique Gregory Te±oso III, in an interview on Tuesday. According to Philippines News Agency, the two sets of incubators, worth PHP100,000 each, are grants through the PCA and the Bureau of Animal Industry-Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (BAI-CFIDP)

Manila: The Department of Agriculture (DA), in partnership with the Bureau of Customs (BOC), inspected PHP2 million worth of seized red onions on Tuesday in Misamis Oriental. According to Philippines News Agency, the DA’s Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) and the BOC intercepted the smuggled red onions weighing around 25 metric tons (MT) at the Mindanao International Container Terminal on June 11. This action was in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directives to intensify the campaign against agricultural smuggling. ‘Nagpapasalamat kami sa BOC at kay (We thank the BOC and) District collector Arthur Sevilla of Mindanao Container Terminal.

Manila: Both the local main stocks gauge and the Philippine peso finished on the green Tuesday, partly on optimism for the eventual de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East. According to Philippines News Agency, the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 1.20 percent to 6,292.75 points. All Shares followed with a jump of 0.88 percent to 3,739.20 points. Most of the sectoral indices tracked the main index, led by the Financials, after it rose by 2.60 percent. It was trailed by the Industrial, 1.41 percent; Services, 0.73 percent; Holding Firms, 0.61 percent; and Property, 0.22 percent. Only Mining and

Butuan City: The Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13) on Tuesday announced the arrest of 175 wanted individuals during operations conducted from June 1 to 23. Of those arrested, 37 are considered the most wanted persons. According to Philippines News Agency, data provided by PRO-13 showed that most of the arrests were made by the Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office (PPO) with 66, followed by the Surigao del Sur PPO with 33, and the Butuan City Police Office with 32. During the same period, the Surigao del Norte PPO made 29 arrests, the Agusan del Norte PPO

Manila: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has stated that there is no urgency in reaching a decision on the case involving the Duterte Youth party-list, whose registration was recently cancelled by the Comelec Second Division. According to Philippines News Agency, Comelec Chairperson George Garcia emphasized in an interview that the case remains within the jurisdiction of the poll body since the Duterte Youth has neither been proclaimed nor taken its oath. Garcia clarified that the absence of a proclamation and oath-taking means that the Comelec is not constrained by time pressures typically associated with such cases. “That is the difference,”