The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH), today expressed concern over the rising number of leptospirosis cases in the country, amid the flooding across many regions due to days of heavy rainfall.The health agency logged 2,079 cases from Jan 1 to J…
State-run Landbank of the Philippines has extended a PHP16.63 million loan to rice farmers in Leyte from January to June 2023 through its two major lending programs. Landbank Leyte Lending Center head Resty Ilagan said some 96 farmers received the loa…
A ferry boat with about 70 people on board, sank off Quezon province, in the south of Luzon island in the Philippines, local media reported, today.Philippine Coast Guard confirmed the accident, without providing further details, adding, a search and r…
Senator Cynthia Villar on Thursday assured that tobacco is included in the list of agricultural products covered by her proposed Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage bill which will include hoarding, profiteering, and cartel of agricultural products to…
The Commission on Population and Development (CPD), formerly Population Commission, is now tasked to provide policies and early warning signs on the effects of demographic trends on socioeconomic development. In a televised public briefing on Thursday…
