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Saturday, March 01, 2008

NFA clears rice shipment of GMO

Greenpeace wants rice import quarantined and tested using European Union protocol

By Anthony Bayarong, Correspondent and Ira Karen Apanay, Reporter

SUBIC BAY Freeport: Greenpeace on Thursday warned the government, specifically the National Food Authority (NFA), that the shipment of rice being offloaded at the Naval Supply Depot could be contaminated with genetically modified organisms (GMO), which is illegal in the country.

Daniel Ocampo, Greenpeace campaigner for South East Asia said the current shipment should be quarantined and tested using the European Union protocol before it is distributed to the market.

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Muslim groups assail ‘terrorist hysteria’ 
as anti-GMA rallies nationwide mount

ZAMBOANGA CITY: A Muslim human rights organization on Friday assailed Philippine authorities for using so-called terrorist hysteria every time there are anti-Arroyo street protests.

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Lawmaker wants probe of Clark management

ANGELES CITY: Pampanga first district Rep. Carmelo Lazatin is seeking a review of what he called “questionable contracts” in the Clark Freeport Zone.

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‘Rice black bug’ infestation in Isabela under control

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday said that the rice black bug (RBB) infestation in one Isabela municipality has been prevented to spread into other palay fields in the region.

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Philippine Eagle Center gets boost from Tourism department

The Department of Tourism (DOT) has donated five million pesos for the construction of a new entrance lounge to the Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) in Davao City.

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