‘Wage increase can’t even buy a kilo of rice’
Militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan-Panay) expressed dissatisfaction with the P15 to P30 increase in the daily minimum wage of private sector workers in Western Visayas.
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Author: Reymar Latoza
Digong 8888 takes cognizance of complaint vs Treñas
An employee of the Iloilo City Government has appealed for help from President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s Hotline 8888 for the alleged harassment by Mayor Jerry Treñas.
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P91.98-M credit assistance for smallholder rice farmers released
The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC); and the Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank), released P91.98M as new loans for smallholder farmers to boost their competitiveness in rice production.
Read MoreDar creates enforcement unit to address unlawful trade in agri-fishery products
To protect unlawful trade and dealings of agriculture and fisheries products, Agriculture Secretary William Dar created the Compliance and Regulatory Enforcement for Security and Trade Office (CREST-O), a unified and integrated regulatory enforcement unit that is directly under his supervision and control.
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More provinces commit to direct palay purchases, marketing
More local government units have committed their support to embattled rice farmers as average farmgate price of palay (unhusked rice) slid further to a new eight-year low.
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