The Duterte administration’s signature attack-then-retract playbook was on full display again last Sunday, when the Armed Forces of the Philippines was forced to apologize for the ill-advised posting on social media of a list of 28 University of the Philippines alumni, erroneously tagged as members of the outlawed New People’s Army (NPA), who had either supposedly died or been captured. The list was uploaded by the AFP Information Exchange page, which is managed by the Office
Coconut farmers are among the poorest Filipinos. A major reason is the meager assistance they get from the government. Their situation is both ironic and unacceptable, especially since the coconut industry’s main product—coconut oil—has been among our top agricultural exports for decades. The coconut levy was established during martial law under the late President Ferdinand Marcos. It was imposed on the sale of copra by coconut farmers. Its objective was to uplift coconut farmers and the coconut industry. Among the main investments made from the coco levy fund were the purchase of the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), the Coconut Industry Investment
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