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DA names new NFA officer-in-charge

MANILA: The National Food Authority (NFA) is now under the helm of Director IV Larry Lacson, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced Monday.

Lacson’s designation came

DAR machinery to modernize agri practices of CamSur farmers

LEGAZPI CITY: Farmers belonging to the Awayan Libmanan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (Alarbo) Inc. of Libmanan, Camarines Sur will no longer need to rent equipment and employ manual labor during harvest after the Department of Agrarian Re…

PSEi rebounds on bargain-hunting, peso ends sideways

MANILA: Bargain-hunting lifted local shares while peso closed sideways at the start of this week’s trading.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closed at 6,853.29, gaining 30.97 points, or 4.5 percent.

However, gains for this day’s trading st…

Comelec to present prototype of ACM to senators on Tues

SAN FERNANDO: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is ready to show members of the Senate the prototype of the automated counting machine (ACM) to be used in the May 2025 National and Local Elections (NLE).

According to Comelec Chairman George Garci…

CHED to fund more state-of-the-art college kitchen facilities

MANILA: The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said Monday it is set to fund more state-of-the-art hot and cold kitchen facilities in higher education institutions in support of tourism and hospitality management programs in the country.

This came…

4th volcanic eruption in 3 months shakes Iceland

ANKARA: Residents in Iceland’s coastal town of Grindavik saw their fourth volcanic eruption in the last three months, local media reported Sunday.

Lava has flowed over the Grindavikurvegur, the road between the southwestern town and the rest of the R…