The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) on Monday called for the declaration of emergency powers and urgent inter-agency action as the infestation of red-striped soft scale insects (RSSI) in Negros Island escalates, threatening over 60 percent of the nation’s sugar production.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday led the send-off of 35,000 bags of rice from Occidental Mindoro to Central Visayas, marking the second major shipment under the government’s flagship P20 per kilo rice initiative.
The Philippines has successfully completed its first commercial shipment of mangoes to Italy, marking a milestone in the country’s agricultural export expansion, the Department of Agriculture (DA)announced Monday.
Buhawind Energy Northern Luzon Corp. (BENLC), an affiliate of PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (PERC), has received pre-development environmental clearance from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to proceed with critical site studies for its 2,000-megawatt offshore wind (OSW) project in Ilocos Norte.