Rappler.com Jose Emmanuel Thayer is a second-year BA Communication student and campus journalist at the University of the Philippines Baguio. The news editor of UP Baguio Outcrop, he is an Aries ...

Scientists used two IR-series rice varieties, indigenous to the Philippines, to develop MMSD. IR-8, famous variety of the IR series, was considered ‘miracle rice’ in the 1970s. It helped ...

Nearly a year has passed after the Philippine government cut rice tariffs from 35% to 15% through Executive Order 62 following a recommendation from the National Economic and Development Authority ...

MALOLOS CITY (PIA) — Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel has assured Bulacan farmers the Marcos administration will not stop supporting them in increasing rice production and strengthening ...

TABUK CITY, Kalinga (PIA) – A total of 336 hectares of uncultivated rice fields in the the Upper Chico River Irrigation System (UCRIS)-covered areas in Quezon and Mallig, in Isabela, will be restored ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 65 °F (18.3 °C). Cloudy with a high of 80 °F (26.7 °C) and a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph ...

is awaiting the completion of requirements by the provincial government of Negros Oriental for the rollout of the government PHP 20 a kilo rice, an official said Monday. DA-NIR Executive Director ...

Meanwhile, the city government on Monday received a PHP1.96 million donation from Bombo Radyo Philippines Foundation, Inc. for the purchase of raw materials for the rice-mongo-sesame blend food ...