The Eagle released "Emergency Preparedness in Wahkiakum County," a four-part series of articles written by local resident Shirley Rheault and DEM (Department of Emergency Management) Coordinator ...

Following the recession of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River after the flooding on Feb. 17, relief efforts and cleanup ...

Toronto city council declared a food insecurity emergency last month, and now one of the city’s urban farmers is calling for a more active role for local agriculture in tackling the crisis.

AGRI Partylist Rep. Wilbert Lee, in a video message on Feb. 15, 2025 urges the government not to prolong the food security emergency it declared to control the prices of rice and other food items. Lee ...

Grayson County Public Schools is taking proactive steps to enhance safety and preparedness by installing Lockdown Blessing Buckets in classrooms ... and staff during emergency situations and ...

Consumers will be able to buy rice at P35 per kilo following the declaration of the food emergency on rice, but this will entail losses of up to P2.25 billion for the National Food Authority (NFA) as ...

The Philippines has declared a food security emergency to bring down rice prices, which officials said have remained high despite lower global prices and a reduction in rice tariffs last year.

The government’s declaration of a food security emergency is an admission that Executive Order (EO) 62 has failed to lower rice prices, an agricultural group said. In a statement on Tuesday, Feb. 4, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. declared a food ... an emergency declaration and questioned if such a move would cover the “NFA’s poor stocks management.” ...

THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) declared on Monday a food security emergency on rice, the latest effort by the government to lower the cost of the staple grain. “This emergency declaration allows ...

The food security emergency declaration grants the Department of Agriculture the authority to instruct the National Food Authority to distribute buffer stocks to government agencies and local units.

MANILA, Philippines — The country has been placed under a food security emergency as measures set in place by the government to pull down rice prices have failed. Citing an “extraordinary ...