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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has directed the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to come up with a plan to rehabilitate the coconut industry as the PCA aims to plant 100 million coconut trees from 2023 to 2028.

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday bared the identities of four rice importers charged with agricultural smuggling, saying the governments anti-smuggling campaign would spare no one.

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday honored all teachers in the country, saying the nation owes them an immeasurable debt.

The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) proposed the planting 100 million additional coconut trees in the next five years to address the country’s reduced production of the high-value crop. At a meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Malacañang, PCA bared its Coconut Planting and Replanting project, which aims to plant 20 to 25 million trees

(UPDATE) INFLATION accelerated to 6.1 percent in September amid a sharp increase in key food items and transport costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday.

MALACAÑANG expects inflation to ease after the ongoing harvest season, which is expected to increase rice supply. “We are pleased to report that our economic managers anticipate a moderation in rice prices, as local production increases due to the onset of the harvest season and the entry of rice imports previously ordered. This will further

I FIND it hard to believe that the mainstream press has just reported a 15 percent drop in the approval rating of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte after only 15 months in office, without an accompanying statement from Malacañang. Factual or not, this reported drop represents a considerable erosion of public support for the unity team that had taken the nation by storm in the last elections, and had the mainstream media eating out of its hands since then.

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is eyeing to work in other areas of cooperation with Guatemala — especially on climate change mitigation — aside from the agriculture sector. 

Philippine Canadian Inquirer PH, Guatemala eye expanded agri, climate action, people-to-people ties News

Philippine Canadian Inquirer PH, Lithuania seek partnership on laser tech, cybersecurity, education News