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ZUBIRI BRINGS DONATIONS TO MARING-HIT NORTH LUZON

Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri recently visited North Luzon provinces to deliver rice donations in the wake of Typhoon Maring. Zubiri turned over seven hundred sacks of rice to Tuguegarao City and the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, and Nueva Ecija. Earlier, he also sent donations to the province of La Union. Typhoon Maring caused severe […]

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VEGETABLES ARRIVE IN NCR FROM MARING-HIT PROVINCES

At least 180 metric tons of assorted vegetables from the typhoon Maring-affected provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, and Bicol were delivered to the Balintawak Cloverleaf Market in Quezon City recently. This is in line with the efforts of the government, under the Department of Agriculture (DA), to ensure the availability and affordability […]

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AGRI PARTY-LIST URGES QUICK RELEASE OF AID FOR MARING VICTIMS

The AGRI Party-list has called on the government to quickly release all available funds to help farmers and fisherfolk affected by Severe Tropical Storm Maring, which battered various areas in the country last week. “We hope that the Department of Agriculture and other government agencies will quickly download all available funds so our farmers and […]

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GIVE ‘MARING’ HIT – FARMERS CASH AID – VILLAR

Due to the huge damage to agriculture estimated to reach more than P600 million by Typhoon Maring that battered some areas of the country, Senator Cynthia Villar cited the urgent need of cash aid to Filipino farmers. Based on the latest data from the Department of Agriculture (DA), Typhoon Maring had affected 29,063 farmers and […]

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DA ALLOTS P822M FOR ‘MARING’-HIT FARMERS, FISHERS

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted an initial P822-million worth of various interventions to assist farmers and fisherfolk affected by “Typhoon Maring” that caused damage to major crops, livestock, and fishery products, mostly in Northern Luzon (Regions 1, 2, and CAR). “We will continue to provide our typhoon and flood-affected farmers and fisherfolk in […]