By Junette B. Galagala Sectors in Cagayan are now looking into methods to cushion the impact of the unrelenting dry spell. Small water reservoirs are already being used in the province and are easing the effects of the El Niño phenomenon for fish farmers. Built like small dams or pits, these reservoirs were constructed...
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MANILA – Total damage to crops, livestock and infrastructure wrought by the two successive typhoons that hit the country has reached P18.4 billion, according to the latest report released by the Department of Agriculture’s Center Action Center (DACAC) on Tuesday. The DACAC said the losses—P6.8 billion from “Ondoy” and P11.7 billion from “Pepeng”—were recorded...
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DESPITE the destruction and flooding caused by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, the government must remember that competitiveness is one of the most pressing issues in the Philippines today. Representatives from academe and private sector highlight the importance of instituting reforms that seek to improve the country’s competitiveness even before the May 2010 polls through...
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Did officials of the San Roque Dam follow their operations manual in regulating its water level amid the incessant rain and flooding triggered by Tropical Storm “Pepeng”? The officials say they did. But based on the extent of the flooding that hit Pangasinan and the magnitude of the devastation, a Dagupan-based environmentalist doesn’t think...
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by Alcuin Papa In its 5 a.m. report, the NDCC said 238 of the deaths occurred in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) and were largely caused by landslides. The rest of the fatalities were reported as victims of drowning, with 64 in the Ilocos region, four in Central Luzon, one in Calabarzon and four...
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Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya (October 12) — To cater to the increasing number of patients coming from other provinces, provincial officials have inaugurated additional infrastructure components of the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital(NVPH) in barangay San Antonio North here Monday. In a fitting formal program, the P8.5 million private ward, garden of wellness or healing garden...
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by Lawrence Agcaoili MANILA, Philippines – Billions of pesos worth of loans are at risk of ending up in default due to the devastation wrought by tropical storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng.” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas officer-in-charge Nestor Espenilla Jr. said the estimated retail loan portfolio affected in calamity areas is about P500 billion...
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MANILA, Oct. 11, 2009— Vast rice fields in the Diocese of Ilagan have turned into large pools of stagnant brown water killing rice harvests. The typhoon may have recorded zero casualties but Msgr. Marino Gatan said it caused considerable damage to the farming sector. “The rice farms in northern Isabela including San Pablo, Santa...
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Typhoon Pepeng is considered as one of the strongest typhoons to ever hit the Philippines in about 40 years. It brought rains, winds and floods to Isabela, Cagayan, Pangasinan, La Union and Benguet among other provinces. To make it worse, the Philippines was just reeling from the impact of typhoon Ondoy. With all that...
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The Bank of the Philippine Island (BPI) placed foreclosed agricultural lands with a total land area of 475 hectares on the voluntary offer to sell scheme of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). From a news report from Business Mirror, The move was welcomed by Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman, saying it boosts the...
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