MANILA – The Philippines may lose its status as the world’s major exporter of seaweed product carrageenan as Vietnam increases its support for and yield of the aquamarine resource, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Sunday as he pushed for the creation of the new Cabinet-level Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Thank you for inviting me to speak in this conference. It is always an honor for me to speak on the state of our agriculture, particularly of the agents of this sector that put the bounties on our table: our farmers and fishers. Agriculture is a compelling subject that has

MANILA – Dumoble ang taunang kita ng ilang mga magsasaka ng kape na nakilahok sa programang Sagip Saka ni Senator Francis Pangilinan noong 2013. Sa report nila kay Senator Pangilinan, na siyang Chairman ng Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, iprinisenta ng Nestle Philippines ang kanilang baseline data sa Surigao

MANILA — The average annual income of a number of coffee farmers who participated in Senator Francis Pangilinan’s 2013 Sagip Saka program has doubled, it was learned. In a report to Pangilinan, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, Sagip Saka Program partner Nestlé Philippines

SEN PANGILINAN: Kinakailangang mag-create ng isang trust fund dito sa coco levy funds na ito. ‘Yung assets lang niya at ‘yung funds combined halos 200B eh in cash and assets. Assets meaning, oil mills, itong mga bank. Napakalaking halaga na lahat ay bunga nung coco levy na galing doon sa

MANILA – The non-passage of the coco levy trust fund law in the last Congress cost P1 billion in foregone interest income, the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) said in its report to the Senate during the first hearing on the bill seeking to return to Filipino coconut farmers