On Thursday, DA chief Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. filed charges against six DPWH officials and eight contractors linked to allegedly nonexistent FMR projects funded under the 2021 national budget. The complaints named DPWH Davao Occidental District Engineer Rodrigo Larete, Project Engineer and Officer-in-charge (OIC)-Chief of Construction Section Joel Lumogdang, OIC-Assistant District Engineer Michael Awa, Quality Assurance Officer Jafel Faunillan and Acting Finance Chief Czar R

ATOK, Benguet — A Benguet councilor is urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) to suspend its planned importation of 6,000 metric tons of carrots, warning that the move could further burden local farmers already suffering from low farmgate prices despite high market costs. Atok Councilor Kelly Denn Tomas, together with agricultural researchers and civil society groups, called on the DA to reconsider the importation plan and explain the basis for the decision before implemen