Latest in El NiñoAfter months of relentless flooding in Metro Manila and Luzon from the southwest monsoon, the Philippines is now facing the arrival of one of the strongest El Niño events on record, and if any typhoon forms during the El Niño period, it could reach typhoon to super typhoon strength because the…
The Marcos administration’s proposed 2027 national budget grows the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) allocation by 12.66% from the current year, with major provisions covering rice programs, irrigation, farm-to-market roads, and crop insurance for 2.3 million small farmers and fisherfolk, Budget…
A warmer planet does not simply mean hotter days—it means more energy circulating in the climate system, producing wider swings between drought and intense rainfall that can trigger flash flooding when dry, hardened soil suddenly meets heavy rain, a Filipino climate scientist warned Saturday.…
The National Irrigation Administration is deploying a multi-pronged strategy to cushion the impact of El Niño on irrigated farmlands, combining cropping calendar adjustments, solar pump installations, desilting operations, and brush dam construction under a short, medium, and long-term adaptation…
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is converting failed diesel and electricity-driven pumping stations along major river basins into solar pump irrigation systems, with results so far proving positive, its administrator said Saturday. In an interview on DZRH News program Special on…
The ongoing leadership crisis in the Philippine Senate is not only hurting legislative productivity and institutional credibility but is also costing the country its window to prepare for a severe El Niño expected later this year, the dean of the University of the Philippines (UP) National College…
Philippine inflation slowed to 6.8% in May from 7.2% in April, but a senior official from the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) warned Saturday that the development is not a cause for celebration, as three key price drivers—oil, electricity, and rice—remain elevated and together account for…
With an intensifying El Niño forecast to grip most of the Philippines by the last quarter of 2026, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is urging communities not to wait—laying out a practical set of low-cost interventions that households, farmers, and local governments can begin acting…
Fishing communities across the Philippines face dwindling hauls and disappearing marine life as El Niño-driven ocean warming disrupts the underwater food chain that fish depend on, the country’s top science official warned Saturday. DOST Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. said warmer seas suppress the…
As many as 49 provinces across the Philippines are expected to record below-normal rainfall by October as an intensifying El Niño episode takes hold—and the dry spell may persist well into early 2027, the country’s top science official warned Saturday. Science Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. said…
While the government celebrates a deal securing 1.5 million metric tons of rice from Vietnam, a veteran Davao journalist says the policy behind it is quietly destroying the livelihoods of the very farmers the country depends on. Serafin “Jun” Ledesma Jr., speaking on DZRH’s Special on Saturday on…
Philippine inflation surged to 7.2% year-on-year in April 2026, the fastest pace in more than three years. Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) chief economist Michael Ricafort on Tuesday, May 5, attributed the acceleration largely to the ongoing war in the Middle East, which has sent fuel…
Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso on Monday, April 27, urged Manila City Government workers, especially outdoor frontliners, to take precautions against the extreme heat as the heat index in Metro Manila is projected to hit 41 degrees Celsius. Speaking at the flag-raising ceremony at Manila…
Chinese government scientists are warning that this year’s El Niño could drive up global demand for fossil fuels and compound the energy price increases triggered by the ongoing Iran crisis. The South China Morning Post (SCMP), citing the China Meteorological Administration, reported that…
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said Thursday, November 6, that efforts of the Department of Agriculture (DA), as directed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., are helping drive growth in the agriculture and fisheries sector, whose production value in the third quarter rose 2.8…
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