Pangilinan: ‘Cocolisap’ infestation in Basilan to be contained by October

The government has set the month of October as the deadline to contain the coconut scale insects or “cocolisap” infestation on coconut trees.

Secretary Francis Pangilinan, presidential assistant for food security and agricultural modernization, set the deadline after he led on Friday an aerial inspection of the infested coconuts trees and met with the concerned stakeholders.