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Read more about the article Conflict-affected Marawi, ARMM folks get P25M aid from FAO
FIGHTING GOES ON. More than four weeks since the siege occurred, intense fighting continues in Marawi City. Smoke billows in various areas in Marawi as military ground operations and air assaults took place on Thursday morning, June 22. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Conflict-affected Marawi, ARMM folks get P25M aid from FAO

About P25 million in aid was given to residents in some areas of Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao who were affected by the Marawi crisis by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) which will be used to boost their agricultural production.

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Read more about the article Industrial Park to rise in Davao Oriental

Industrial Park to rise in Davao Oriental

A multi-billion dollar investment to establish a Big-Ticket Industrial Park in Banaybanay Davao Oriental is set to be implemented this year after a Memorandum of Agreement was signed Tuesday morning between the provincial government and Pionaire Finance Limited and its consortium partners Chinese companies MCC International Incorporation, Ltd; Shenzhen Energy Group; Dezhou Chemtics Chemical Co., Ltd; and US-based company WaterGen.

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Read more about the article DAR’s Usapang Kalakalan opens marketing prospects for Mindanao farmers
A woman farmer from Barangay Waan, Buhangin District, Davao City, computes her sales for selling vegetables and banana in Rizal Park here Friday, Oct. 14. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

DAR’s Usapang Kalakalan opens marketing prospects for Mindanao farmers

The Mindanao Sustainable Agrarian and Agricultural Development (MinSAAD), a project of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), opens prospects for Mindanao farmers to sell their products on a larger scale via the Usapang Kalakalan Forum held Tuesday at the Apo View Hotel here.

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Band-aid solution to shortage, critics say of rice imports

MANILA, Philippines – Various rice-watch groups and a lawmaker have denounced President Rodrigo Duterte's administration for allowing the importation of 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice as the supply of government-subsidized rice dwindled in the past weeks.

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