WB approves $176-million to enhance fisheries produce
The World Bank (WB) approved $176 million to enhance the Philippines fisheries output. The WB fund is specifically for the Philippine Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency Project (FISHCORE) “aimed at improving fisheries management and the...
Missing the forest for the trees
IT’S an idiomatic expression that means “to not understand or appreciate a larger situation, problem, etc., because one is considering only a few parts of it.” It’s an expression that aptly describes what was...
Consequences of brutality
The pursuit of vengeance has often been seen as a means to address acts of barbaric savagery. We have yet to learn the unpredictable nature of seeking revenge in response to such acts. While...
DA issues LEED program grants guidelines to farmers
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has recently released the guidelines of its National Livestock Program’s (NLP) specific for the project grants submitted to avail of the Livestock Economic Enterprise Development (LEED) Program. The guidelines...
Thick faces
Taxpayers’ money is wasted in awareness campaigns of the government programs and projects. Where before only politicians in the national, provincial and city levels are brandishing their thick faces on tarpaulin signs, the practice...