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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Opinion

El Niño causes huge crop damage

As the entire country reels from the scorching summer heat exacerbated by the El Niño weather phenomenon, it is agriculture that appears to have taken a severe beating. According to the latest Department of Agriculture data, damage to agriculture from the dry spell has reached P4.39 billion in about 66,065 hectares of farmland. The El Niño Task Force estimated that of the damaged agricultural land, 78 percent could still be recovered...

The MMDA struggles

"The problem is with government refusing to allocate funds so that the...

Anti-war equals pro-China?

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