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'Our current Quick Response Fund is simply not enough to address the scale of destruction we face each year'
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'Our current Quick Response Fund is simply not enough to address the scale of destruction we face each year'
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Consumers will soon have access to more affordable rice, priced at P35 per kilo, as the National Food Authority (NFA) prepares to release its rice stocks to…
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On Tuesday, 4 February 2025, Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretaries Arnel De Mesa and Genevieve Guevarra, together with National Food Authority…
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A medical jet carrying six Mexican nationals crashed into a busy Philadelphia neighborhood on Friday, marking yet another aviation disaster in the United…
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‘The Philippines is one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia but is at high risk for earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, rising sea levels…
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million loan for the Philippines to support the implementation of disaster resilience and health emergency…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced Wednesday plans to distribute National Food Authority (NFA) rice as part of the government’s food security…
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To date, more than 1,600 school-aged children or those 6-12 years old are currently staying in 23 evacuation areas around Kanlaon Volcano
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The National Security Council backs the move to declare a food security emergency for rice to lower food staple prices in Philippine markets.
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A lawmaker on Monday warned that the government’s plan to declare a food security emergency to address high rice prices would only serve as a temporary…
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The documents allegedly included blank entries for key programs such as the agricultural and fishery modernization initiatives of the Department of Agriculture
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The first basis, lack of supply, does not exist because we have a lot of supply. So the only reason (for the declaration) is the extraordinary increase in…
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President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. favors declaring a national food security emergency to help reduce the price of rice, which remains high despite…
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Laurel stressed that it is important for the government to buy rice from the farmers at the right price and to rotate NFA stocks
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Patients under the OECB package can now claim coverage for emergency services without requiring hospital admission
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The National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) has approved a resolution urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) to declare a "food security emergency for…
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The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has implemented a new benefit package for outpatient emergency care services, effective 1 January…
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‘The northeast monsoon is expected to affect Luzon, and the easterlies, or the warm air from the Pacific affects Visayas and Mindanao’
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