NGO donates PPEs to hospitals in VisMin

However, if the market participation of NFA rice would increase up to 25% due to high demand from institutional buyers, the NFA supply could last to a month. “There is no need to be alarmed; so far, we have enough supply of NFA rice,” she said. Recent report from Department of Agriculture (DA)-Caraga also assures enough supply based on the current harvest season in the region. Caraga is expected to produce 315,947 metric tons or an equivalent of 134% rice sufficiency by the end of the first semester based on the consolidated planting report of the LGUs. Farmers are also assured of available market for their rice products with NFA currently buying palay harvest from local farmers in the region with a higher price of P19.00 per kilo, clean and dry. NFA assures that warehouses all over Caraga Region will accommodate interested farmers who would want to sell their produce. (DA13-RAFIS/PIA Caraga) NGO donates PPEs to hospitals in VisMin

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BUTUAN CITY - SM Foundation Inc. donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies to hospitals in the Visayas and Mindanao areas.

A total of 21 hospitals benefitted from the 170 million pesos’ worth of N95 and surgical masks, gloves, raincoats, goggles, as well as alcohol and hygiene

kits.