LEGAZPI CITY, June 12 -- Various interventions amounting to PHP57.1 million were provided by the Department of Agriculture to farmers and fisherfolk groups in the island province of Catanduanes earlier this week (Wednesday).

In a phone interview on Friday, Lovella Guarin, DA-5 spokesperson, said Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel personally distributed farm inputs, farming machinery, and insurance indemnification checks.

Up to 1,198 bags of hybrid palay seeds for hybrid clusters, along with soil ameliorants and biofertilizers worth a total of PHP17.7 million, were received by the different municipal local government units.

Caritas Virac Justice and Peace Inc. was awarded PHP5.6 million in the Livestock Economic Enterprise Dev...