DAVAO CITY — Palm oil has been identified as the next major industry in the Davao Region, more than a year after typhoon Pablo (international name: Bopha) tore through large areas of Davao Oriental coconut farms at the end of 2012.
Apr 082014
Jul 272013
A potential cyclone, a low-pressure area, moved to Davao Oriental in Mindanao Saturday afternoon, even as state weather forecasters warned of flash floods and landslides over Bicol in southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao in the next 24 hours. PAGASA said that as of 4 p.m., the LPA was estimated at the vicinity of Davao Oriental, embedded in the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone affecting Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao. “Bicol region, Visayas and Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with moderate to heavy rain showers and thunderstorms, which may trigger flash floods and landslides,” PAGASA said in its 5 p.m. bulletin. Also, it said Metro Manila, Calabarzon and Mimaropa will have “cloudy skies with light to moderate rain showers and thunderstorms.” PAGASA’s extended weather forecast for Metro Manila indicated cloudy skies with rain showers or thunderstorms until July 31. The rest of Luzon will be “partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms,” PAGASA added. Earlier, PAGASA said that if the LPA became a cyclone, it would be locally codenamed “Jolina.” Meanwhile, PAGASA said moderate to occasionally strong winds from the southwest will prevail over Palawan and Mindanao and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to occasionally rough. — LBG, GMA News
May 212013
MANILA, Philippines – The group of businessmen Manuel V. Pangilinan is eyeing 30,000 hectares of land in Davao Oriental for palm oil production. Pangilinan, the managing director and chief executive officer of Hong Kong based First Pacific Co. Ltd. said the conglomerate’s agribusiness unit PT Indofood has sent a team to Davao Oriental to assess available areas suitable for palm oil production. “We’re still waiting for the assessment of Indofood with regards to a potential palm oil plantation,” he told reporters yesterday. “So far only palm oil has been assessed,” he added. The total hectarage is only 10 percent of what Indofood has secured in Indonesia. Indofood’s palm oil cultivation area in Indonesia is placed at around 240,000 hectares, making it the third largest palm oil producer in the world. “It is large in Philippine standards but not in global standards,” said Pangilinan. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 Pangilinan’s group is planning to put up an integrated palm oil production chain starting from palm cultivation to producing crude palm oil from palm branches. Crude palm oil could be processed further into cooking oil and other applications. “We will build not only a plantation but also factories,” said Pangilinan. He said the finished products could be used for domestic consumption or for export. Pangilinan earlier said that his group is looking at sizeable agricultural areas that could be leased for cultivation of palm oil, sugar, rubber, coffee and cacao. He said the conglomerate is more interested Read More …
Mar 072013
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Aguino government is bent on reviving the coconut industry especially after super storm Pablo struck the provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley, considered to be the country’s largest coconut-producing areas. According to President Benigno Simeon Aquino, “We have short and medium term interventions but what is important is the long-term intervention for the areas affected by Typhoon Pablo and in the long run, eventually revive the country’s coconut industry.” The President admitted though that it would take a long time for the coconut industry to fully recover. The President arrived here Wednesday for a series of engagements including addressing the participants to the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Events/ Exhibits Conference (MICECON) 2013 forum held here. The President also joined the Team PNoy senatorial candidates as they barnstormed key areas in Southern Mindanao. The President cited the short-term interventions carried out by the Department of Agriculture and the Philippine Coconut Industry in providing farm tractors and chainsaws to clear the coconut debris brought about by Typhoon Pablo. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 He said coconut farmers were also given vegetable seeds which they could plant for their alternative source of livelihood. The President likewise pointed out that for the medium-term intervention for the coconut farmers affected by typhoon Pablo in Davao Oriental, they were provided an additional 40 units of chainsaws for the clearing operation. The DA also distributed corn seeds intended for planting under the coconut trees. The President said government would look Read More …
Feb 202013
DAVAO CITY — The provincial government of Davao Oriental has mapped out a rehabilitation plan for three towns devastated by typhoon Pablo. It will start with coconut farms where six million coconut trees were either uprooted or felled by strong winds.