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FROM 8 kaster ng Pilipinas – KBP support fusion. University organizations PUP Communication Society, PUP Advertising and Public Relations Or-ganization of Students, Junior Marketing Association of Letran Calamba, Archers Networks, DLSU-D Green FM, and DLSU-D Communication Program Council partner are some of the school organizations partnering with Fusion.

The country’s most prominent media institutions share the same thrust in promoting OPM. Myx, Manila Broadcasting Company, and the Philstar.com joined as the major media partners. Innity, Digital Turbine, What’s New Philippines, Manila Concert Scene, and The New Channel also part-nered as digital collaborators. Additional media partners are Solar Sports, Solar Flix, ALLTV, DZRH, Easy Rock, K-Lite Radio, Home Radio, Yes! FM, Love Radio, Win Radio, Steel Art Bill-boards, Strong Media, Nyxsys, Summit Outdoor Media, Malaya Business Insight, HDI Adven-tures, VLink Interactive, and Outcomm.

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Fusion 2023, The Philippine Music Festival.

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USD1.367 billion exports, and 15,724 direct jobs,” Panga added. Aside from the SMEs and manufacturers, the delegation is also composed of representatives from the Zhejiang Department of Commerce, Yiwu Municipal People’s government, Bank of China, Export-Import Bank of China and China-Philippines Chambers of Commerce. (PNA)

Growing apples in tropical countries like the Philippines needs patience and innovation. In temperate countries, it takes five to seven months for the plants to bear fruits. But in Kapatagan, he waits only four months to start harvesting the fruits.

“It’s possible to harvest three times in a year and a half (because of our warm weather),” Sepe said. “In temperate countries, they can harvest once a year only because of the winter season.”

It’s not the weather that bothers him most but the pests that attack his apple trees. To control them, he applies integrated pest management (IPM), which includes making homemade natural pesticides and foliar sprays.

Despite the fact that he was able to grow apples in Kapatagan, he does not rest on his current success. “I still need more knowledge about growing apples,” he admitted. “There are other things I need to know.”

The Agricultural Training Institute of the Department of Agriculture has already accredited the Kapatagan Apple Orchard, Rare Fruit Farm and Nurseries as an agricultural learning site for apple growing, the very first of its kind in the country. Visitors who are interested in apple farming or just curious can come; entrance fee is P25 per person.

As the farm is located in the rolling foothills of Mount Apo, where the climate is cool and suitable for producing exotic fruits, Sepe also plants atemoya, blackberry, blueberry, cherimoya, cherry, fig, grapes, guava, guyabano, Hass avocado, jaboticaba, jackfruit, kiwi, lime, mango, mulberry, olive, orange, peach, pear,

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tember at the 55,000-seater Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan.

Panlilio shared that one of the goals of the SBP is to put the Philippines on the map for the biggest attendance in the FIBA WC, by beating the long-standing World Cup final attendance record of 35,000 established when the US played Brazil at the Maracanazinho Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in 1954.

“May all our resolutions and agreements in this meeting be in accordance with the objective of creating an amazing basketball environment that unites people

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Provision No. 2 of the Local Government Support Fund under the Fiscal Year 2023 General Appropriations Act, Republic Act No. 11936.

The funding is appropriated to implement the identified SBDP priority projects of 959 cleared barangays of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).

Per NTF ELCAC memorandum dated December 22, 2022, the fund allocation per barangay is intended for priority projects particularly farm-to-market roads, school buildings, water sanitation systems, health stations and electrification projects.

Engr. Cinco reported that Davao Region is appropriated a total of Php508,729,927.00 for 77 cleared barangays which will each be receiving a funding of Php6,606,882.17 to put on ground their respective priority projects.

Davao City has one recipient barangay; Davao Occidental, 10; Davao Occidental, 10; Davao del Sur, three; Davao del Norte, four; Davao Oriental, 15; and Davao de Oro, 44. (PIA XI, Jeane Duron Abangan) persimmon, plum, pomegranate, raspberry, and strawberry.

“It’s also my hobby to collect different kinds of fruits and these are now my source of income from my farm,” he said. “Also, I want to produce these fruits locally in my orchard since it is a mix of tropical and temperate fruits.”

He likewise grows vegetables and ornamentals.

Sepe believes in companion planting or the planting of two crops in the same space. He plants rose leaf raspberries together with the apples since the former attract bees, which help pollinate the apple trees.

He works alone on his farm. But in some instances, he hires parttime workers if ever he needs some help. “I urge younger generations to work on things that are helpful to mankind,” he said. “I encourage them to engage in agriculture to see and unlock its potential.”

Although his childhood dream was to see an apple tree, he never thought of becoming a farmer just like his parents. “Farming is not my first love,” he admitted. “I really wanted to become a lawyer but because of financial problems, I wasn’t able to do so.”

But with the success he is reaping now from farming, he believes he is destined to be a farmer. “I believe that farming is cool and that there is a future in agriculture,” he pointed out.

Although he is in his thirties now, he urged the younger generations to be involved in farming. “Young generations should think and work on the things that are and might be helpful to humans and society,” he stressed. “We should innovate and never stop discovering the potential within.” and encourages them to “Win for All.” Maraming salamat po. Laban Pilipinas, puso!” declared Bachmann in closing his speech.

“This is it! We’ve been waiting for this for five years. This is the proper time that we put the Philippines back on the world map in this very crucial event. I encourage everyone to go out of their way to make this event a success,” expressed Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Hubert Guevara who spoke on behalf of the government and the Office of Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.

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2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Manila Electric Company franchise areas, as well as placing air conditioning temperature at 25-degrees Celsius in offices, hotels and other establishments.

“We just need to get through the difficult months, the summer months… By June, if the new LNG (liquefied natural gas) supply will come in, the supply will be better,” he added. (PNA)

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grams not limited to energy.

During the forum, the private sector cited the need to bring down power cost in the Philippines to attract more investors.

Lotilla said that aside from being an archipelagic country, which makes power infrastructure more challenging to build, other countries in the region have subsidized power costs. (PNA)