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    Delegates visit a pomelo garden of a farmer in the southern province of Tiền Giang. -- VNS Photo HCM CITY — Some 400 pomelo, durian and coffee farmers from Highlands, South-eastern and Mekong Delta provinces are attending seven classes for advanced training in agronomy, cultivation techniques and integrated pest management. The classes at the recently launched Bayer Agricademy, organised from June 7 to 22, aim to help the farmers improve yields, quality and incomes to achieve the ultimate goal of the Government to improve the quality of agricultural products that are exported. Much More Durian and Much More Pomelo via Much More Fruits Clubs were taught to local farmer technical solutions. The courses on pomelo equipped farmers with advanced knowledge and remedies for root rot disease while those on durian will focus on young fruit drop phenomenon. These are common diseases in the Mekong Delta and south-eastern regions that currently lack effective … [Read more...] about Bayer Agricademy trains fruit, coffee farmers

CoA: P6-M snacks can’t be charged to Palawan fundsThe Commission on Audit (CoA) has affirmed its notice of disallowance on the P5.894 million worth of “meals and snacks” spent from calamity funds of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. In a three-page decision dated May 21, the CoA affirmed Notice of Disallowance 13-048-100 (11) dated May 8, 2013 on the city’s reimbursement of meals and snacks from the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (CDRRMF). CoA Chairman Michael Aguinaldo and Commissioners Jose Fabia and Roland Pondoc junked an appeal of then-city treasurer Maria Corazon Abayari, noting that the meals and snacks did not come within the allowable charges to the CDRRMF.Abayari was among those held liable, along with former mayor Edward Hagedorn, administrator Agustin Rocamora, and accountant Naneth Dario for violating Republic Act 10121 or the “Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010.” She appealed to be excluded from … [Read more...] about CoA: P6-M snacks can’t be charged to Palawan funds

P90-M Cordillera flood control project ‘defective’BAUKO, Mountain Province: An anti-crime and corruption watchdog in the Cordillera Administrative Region has questioned the implementation of a P90-million flood control project in Tipunan, Monamon Norte in the Upper Chico river here. In his letter to Public Works Secretary Mark Villar, Salvador Liked, secretary general of the Cordillera chapter of the Citizens Crime Watch (CCW-CAR), asked if the quality of the accomplished flood control project was assessed before the contractor was paid. “If the flood control project was not destroyed, will it contribute in efforts to uplift the living condition of the people in the area?” Liked also asked Villar.The CCW-CAR official urged the Public Works chief to investigate whether the project was paid after it was destroyed or was the 10-percent retention paid despite the project being ruined. The Cordillera office of the Department of Public Works and Highways allegedly … [Read more...] about P90-M Cordillera flood control project ‘defective’

Zamboanga Peninsula taxes paid at BoC portZAMBOANGA CITY: With the signing of an adminstrative order by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd and Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero, the provinces of Zamboanga Peninsula now pay duties and taxes at the Bureau of Customs (BoC) port here. Before this, Zamboanga City BoC district collector Segundo Barte said the Zamboanga Peninsula (Region 9) provinces — Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Sur, and their component cities of Dipolog, Pagadian and Dapitan — were paying duties and taxes to Misamis Occidental in Ozamiz City, which geographically belongs to Northern Mindanao (Region 10). This unusual set-up prompted Barte to appeal to higher authorities to take the appropriate action to correct the uncommon arrangement.He said the provinces and cities in Region 9 should instead remit their duties and taxes to Zamboanga City port, where they are geographically located. Barte said with the generous … [Read more...] about Zamboanga Peninsula taxes paid at BoC port

BARMM holds training for incoming officialsMARAWI CITY: The Ministry of the local government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MLG-BARMM) conducted in Cotabato City last weekend a training orientation for newly elected governors and mayors. With the theme, “Creating Synergy in the Region Toward Moral Governance,” BARMM Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo said the training walked the local executives through the basics of running a bureaucracy. The participants also receive inputs about the Islamic perspective on leadership and management, salient features of the Bangsamoro Organic Law on local governance and deconstruction of the poverty incidence in the BARMM. … [Read more...] about BARMM holds training for incoming officials