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Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.
WTO fisheries pact enters into force, with PH support
The Philippines has joined fellow World Trade Organization (WTO) members in marking the entry into force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, a...
PH, Cambodia push stronger agri ties in bilateral talks
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. held a bilateral meeting on Tuesday, September 9, with Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina...
World Bank, DA to launch $70M climate risk shield
The World Bank is backing a five-year $70 million initiative to create a co-insurance pool that will cushion Philippine agriculture from escalating climate-related risks,...
DA lifts ban on poultry imports from 6 US states
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds, as well as poultry meat and...
DA lifts import ban on Dutch poultry products, birds
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds, including poultry products, from The Netherlands,...
DA Secretary lifts ban on poultry imports from Brazil
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has lifted the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds, including poultry products, from Brazil,...
₱34M red onions, mackerel smuggled from China seized
Some ₱34 million worth of smuggled onions and mackerel were seized at the Port of Manila by government agents following President Ferdinand R. Marcos...
25 tons of smuggled red onions from China intercepted in Misamis Oriental
The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), in coordination with the Bureau of Customs (BOC), intercepted 25 metric tons of illegally imported...
4 DA officials safely repatriated amid Israel-Iran conflict
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. expressed deep gratitude to the Philippine Embassy in Israel and other government agencies for ensuring the safe return...
Agri chief backs gradual, well-timed rice tariff hike
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has recommended to the Tariff Commission that any future increase in the rice import duty—from the current 15 percent...