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ROLL-OUT. Agriculture Secretary William Dar says during a press briefer on Wednesday (March 16, 2022) the rollout of the fuel subsidy to farmers and fishers will kick off in Tacloban, Leyte on Thursday (March 17. 2022) during the visit of President Rodrigo Duterte. Dar said there is a possibility for a second tranche of the program with bigger financing. (Screengrab) MANILA - Farmers and fishers in Leyte will be the pioneer recipients of the Department of Agriculture's (DA) Fuel Subsidy Program. In an interview with the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday, the DA said the program will kick...

CASH ASSISTANCE. Farmer-beneficiaries from the Municipality of San Jose de Buenavista receive cash assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA) at the Delegate Angel Salazar, Jr. Memorial School in their municipality on March 14, 2022. Sonie Guanco, officer-in-charge of the Agricultural Program Coordinating Office (APCO), said on Tuesday (March 15) the DA aims to distribute cash assistance to 34,333 farmers in the province within this month.(Photo courtesy of APCO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Department of Agriculture has started giving PHP5,000 cash assistance to 34,333 rice f...

Farmers and fisherfolk under the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) will be prioritized in the distribution of P500 million fuel subsidy and other assistance, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. In a statement, DA Sec. William Dar disclosed that as of March 8, a total of

(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) will prioritize farmers and fisherfolk under the Registered System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) in distributing the PHP500-million fuel subsidy. DA Assistant Secretary-designate for Operations, Arnel de Mesa, told the Philippine News Agency on Friday that it is not possible to assist everyone, given the limited budget. "We have only PHP500 million so the DA will select the beneficiaries with priority to those in the RSBSA," he said in a text message. The RSBSA is an electronic compilation of basic information of far...

(PNA file photo) MANILA - Subsidies for the agriculture sector, particularly the fishing industry, have now been made available to help fishermen survive the effects of the current global economic setback fanned by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Agriculture Undersecretary for Agri-Industrialization and Fisheries Cheryl Marie Natividad-Caballero said that almost 80,000 fishermen stand to benefit from the Department of Agriculture's (DA) fuel subsidy program. "Beneficiaries of fuel discount is approximately 79,000 fishers duly registered in Bureau of Fisheries and Aqu...