The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) will provide a free Tacloban-Samar roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) trip starting June 18 for cargo ...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is urging rice-producing nations to take bold, collective action to addres ...

THE Philippines has overtaken all other countries to become the world's top rice importer in 2024, an ominous milestone that ...

TACLOBAN CITY (PIA) – Leyte Gov. Carlos Jericho Petilla has appealed for calm and sobriety amid growing public concern over ...

NEW YORK—The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose ...

Affordable prices of the staple grain are central to the agenda of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who also helmed the agriculture department before appointing Laurel in November 2023.

Questions remain about how two uncommon bacterial diseases managed to surface in the same province, affecting the same patients, with fatal consequences ...

Norvie Manigbas, chief science research specialist for plant breeding and biotechnology at the Philippine ... when it comes to rice farming. “At least for the rice industry, I think the loss ...

The Philippines imported 1.7 million tons of rice in the first five months of 2025, down 20.9% from a year ago. This reduction is attributed to a slight uptick in domestic rice production during ...

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T once had a thriving rice industry, but several factors led to the near death of the local cultivation of the staple ranging from disasters such as floods to late payments ...