President Benigno Aquino 3rd has ordered government agencies to take measures to prevent the spread of the insect pest “Aspidiotus Rigidus” in the country’s coconut farms.

Aquino, in Executive Order 169 signed June 5, directed the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and all concerned agencies to “formulate and prescribe” the necessary emergency measures and methodologies—mechanical, chemical, and biological—in the treatment of infested coconut trees and other host plants.

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