
Rice bears brunt of P3.62-B farm damage
Weather-related losses to Philippine agriculture have climbed to P3.62 billion, with rice absorbing more than half of the damage as successive storms disrupted…
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Weather-related losses to Philippine agriculture have climbed to P3.62 billion, with rice absorbing more than half of the damage as successive storms disrupted…
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The local government of Makati expanded its student welfare program to include high schoolers, delivering regular rice subsidies to students at the Higher…
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McDonald’s Philippines is offering free extra rice with selected Crispy Chicken Fillet meals nationwide on Monday, 31 August, as part of its National Heroes…
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A total of 6,132 beneficiaries from various barangays in Piddig, Ilocos Norte received rice assistance under the national government’s Food Assistance Program.
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The Supreme Court killed the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), the old pork barrel, in 2013.
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TA former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) senior official said these programs become a debt of gratitude owed to a politician instead of the right of…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing Filipinos to cut rice waste at the household level, saying simple changes in consumption could help preserve food…
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ILOILO CITY — The Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas is scaling up hybrid rice production through model farm clusters in Antique and Iloilo,…
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There should be a proper process before projects are included in the NEP, including passing through the Municipal Development Councils and Regional Development…
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State firm Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is reviewing and reprioritizing its budget proposals for programs for children with special needs,…
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So what exactly died? Because this sounds like the pig is doing fantastic and is apparently more clever now.
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Instead, the budget is kept voluminous and splits a single road repair project into a half-dozen items, maintenance here, rehabilitation there, flood control…
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The money did not vanish. It reappeared under the Local Government Support Fund, in a line called financial assistance to local government units worth P34…
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Executive Secretary Ralph G. Recto assured that the government’s free rice program for poor Filipino families will continue every two months under President…
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The lawmaker said genuine transparency required dismantling the mechanisms that allow such insertions, rather than simply putting cameras on the proceedings.
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Marcos did not have to invent the leadership fund, but he failed to stop it, and such inaction in a system built on impunity is its own kind of authorship.
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Tinawag ni Senador Panfilo "Ping" Lacson noong Huwebes, 13 August, na mas masahol na bersyon ng pork barrel system ang tinaguriang "Leadership Fund."
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