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Some QC vendors struggle with price freeze; DA insists strict compliance

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 07:48 PM

Prices of certain items increased despite the Department of Agriculture freezing prices on selected basic goods and commodities following the declaration. Read more »

Over 1 million small rice farmers to receive P5,000 cash aid from 'excess tariff'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 08:45 AM

Over 1 million rice farmers tilling 1 hectare or less will receive P5,000 cash assistance due to excess tariffs collected on rice imports, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Friday. Read more »

PH to import more rice in 2021 after losing 8 days worth of supply due to typhoons

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 04:16 PM

The Philippines will have to import more rice in 2021 after losing about 8 days worth of supply following the onslaught of 3 consecutive typhoons, Agriculture Sec. William Dar said Thursday. Read more »

Netflix’s The Crown shows how Princess Diana chose her engagement ring

Gloria Fung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 17 12:59 PM

Diana chose from a selection of rings presented at Buckingham Palace – then Prince Harry claimed it after her death, before swapping it with his brother so Prince William could get engaged with their mother’s ring. Read more »

Rice supply still sufficient despite typhoons: Agriculture chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 04:21 PM

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Sunday the country's rice supply remained sufficient even after a series of typhoons ravaged the country in the past weeks. Read more »

10 things The Crown won’t tell you about Prince Charles, as Queen Elizabeth’s son turns 72

Tracey Furniss, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 11 01:44 PM

Sons Prince William and Prince Harry were impressed by their father’s early environmental campaigning – fighting for sustainability and against climate change, plastic waste and ugly city planning. Read more »

Twin typhoons leave billions in agri damage: DA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 08:15 AM

Typhoons Quinta and Rolly left some P5.6 billion in agricultural damage after devastating several regions, the Department of Agriculture said Monday. Read more »

Military: Troops recover body of suspected Abu Sayyaf in Sulu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 11:41 PM

Members of the military special forces, the municipal police, and fishermen retrieved the body of a certain Dave Sawadjaan, one of 7 bandits killed last Tuesday. Read more »

NGCP restores power in Sorsogon, parts of Albay; Catanduanes by end Nov, says DOE

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 07 09:33 PM

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Saturday said it already energized the province of Sorsogon and parts of Albay through islanding operations, while the Department of Energy (DOE) targets to energize a portion of typhoon-hit Catanduanes by the end of the month. Read more »

Britain's Prince William caught COVID-19 in April

Reuters
Posted at Nov 02 08:30 PM

Britain's Prince William contracted COVID-19 in April at a similar time to his father, the heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, a source close to his Kensington Palace office said. Read more »

Britain's Prince William contracted COVID-19 in April - media

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 02 08:53 AM

Britain's Prince William contracted COVID-19 in April at a similar time to his father Prince Charles, British media reported late on Sunday, citing Kensington Palace sources.   Read more »

Suplay ng karneng baboy hindi problema sa kabila ng ASF — DA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 05:40 PM

Mas marami pa nga ang suplay ng karneng baboy ngayon kumpara sa parehong panahon noong nakaraang taon, ayon kay Agriculture Secretary William Dar.  Read more »

Senate panel urges DA to improve campaign vs meat, rice smuggling

Katrina Domingo and Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 17 03:34 AM

Several senators on Monday urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to heighten its campaign against the smuggling of meat products in the Philippines, saying some traders have come up with scheme to slip illegal products into groceries. Read more »

Senate panel urges DA to improve campaign vs meat, rice smuggling

Katrina Domingo and Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 06:26 PM

Several senators on Monday urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to heighten its campaign against the smuggling of meat products in the Philippines, saying some traders have come up with scheme to slip illegal products into groceries. Read more »

DA to ban farmer cooperatives from importing rice

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 05:09 PM

Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Friday said that farmer cooperatives would soon be banned from importing rice as they are still allegedly being used by traders to illegally ship rice to the country. Read more »

Ex-Catanduanes town officials face prison term for P13.95-million backhoe purchase

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 02:15 PM

MANILA— The Sandiganbayan 3rd Division has found former municipal officials of Viga, Catanduanes guilty of graft for the irregular purchase of a backhoe loader amounting to P13.95 million in 2005.   Read more »

Are you a true-blue 'Bagets' fan? Take this ultimate 'Bagets' quiz to prove it

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 11:34 AM

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Nostalgia: The making of ‘Bagets’, or how five boys rocked Philippine movies in 1984

Jerome Gomez
Updated as of Oct 09 08:24 AM

Here’s to the old times and 36 years of ‘Growing Up’ Read more »

DA to buy local palay amid decline in prices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 03:18 PM

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Friday it would buy palay or unmilled rice by local farmers at P19 per kilo in light of plunging farmgate price of the staple. Read more »

Prince William, Al Gore to lead free TED talks on climate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 10:39 AM

The prestigious TED talks series is to hold its first-ever free live event next month, with Prince William and other prominent figures calling for action on climate change, the group announced Monday.   Read more »