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Officials of the Department of Agriculture on Friday, December 8, began a series of random market visits around Metro Manila to ensure stable prices and supply of farm goods for the coming Christmas season.
MANILA, Philippines — United Broiler Raisers Association and Philippines Egg Board chairman Gregorio San Diego yesterday lamented the continued drop in the farmgate price of chicken, which is now as low as P90 per kilo despite the retail cost remaining high at P220 per kilo.
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has given the green light for a $200 million loan to further assist the Philippines in developing climate-resilient and environmentally friendly public infrastructure.
CHENNAI: Everything went against the residents of OMR, the celebrated IT corridor, especially Perungudi, Sholinganallur and Thoraipakkam. These areas received the maximum rain on Monday 45cm. Main stormwater drains, laid in 2008, on OMR have less capacity for current run-off water. No stormwater drains in many interior residential areas on both sides of OMR.
MANILA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday it will allot $10 billion in climate finance for the Philippines between 2024 and 2029. The funds will help the Philippines implement its commitments to climate action under the Paris Agreement, the ADB said in a statement during the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. ADB said the funding forms part of the multilateral lender's new programme being developed for the Philippines to support low-carbon transport, renewable energy, the development of carbon markets, flood management, resilient coastal development, food security, and adaptive health and social protection.
MANILA, Philippines — Similarly worded allegations that Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson Jay Tarriela was a covert “CIA agent” and supporter of the United States government surfaced online after he publicly condemned the Chinese Coast Guard’s water cannon attack on Filipino vessels in August.
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday expressed support for the modernization of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), particularly the strengthening of the country's hazard mapping which will help the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) choose better locations for infrastructure.
Two-time PBA Most Valuable Player Benjie Paras has a natural impulse to take on difficult challenges. He clearly remembers the first time he was asked to join a basketball team in a barangay league as a tall, powerful-looking adolescent who stood out from the crowd.