P420M in crop insurance ready for El Niño-hit farmers By: Karl R. Ocampo, Ronnel W. Domingo – @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 07:30 AM March 17, 2019 A total of about P420 million in insurance claims across the country is ready for immediate payout to farmers who have lost their crops to the dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon, continue reading : P420M in crop insurance ready for El Niño-hit farmers
House approves bill amending PCIC charter
House approves bill amending PCIC charter The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure strengthening the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) by expanding its coverage and allowing it to engage in index-based insurance and reinsurance. Voting 197-0, the lower chamber passed late Monday House Bill (HB) 6923, or “An Act continue reading : House approves bill amending PCIC charter
P622 million set aside for farmers hit by Karen, Lawin
P622 million set aside for farmers hit by Karen, Lawin The government has put aside more than half a billion pesos to compensate for losses incurred by insured farmers in Luzon in the wake of two successive storms in recent weeks. In a statement e-mailed to reporters on Friday, the Department of Agriculture said its continue reading : P622 million set aside for farmers hit by Karen, Lawin
PCIC allots P622m for crop damage
PCIC allots P622m for crop damage State-owned Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. has earmarked P622 million to indemnify farmers in Luzon following the successive onslaught of typhoons Karen and Lawin. PCIC president Jovy Bernabe said in a report to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol that a quick assessment of the post-typhoon situation showed that 103,338 hectares operated continue reading : PCIC allots P622m for crop damage
Insured farmers to get P622 million for losses in past two typhoons
Insured farmers to get P622 million for losses in past two typhoons MANILA—The Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC), the government’s agricultural insurance provider, is earmarking some P622 million to compensate losses suffered by insured farmers in Luzon in the wake of the successive onslaught of Typhoon Karen and Supertyphoon Lawin over the last two weeks. continue reading : Insured farmers to get P622 million for losses in past two typhoons
GOCCs Awarded for Excellence on Corporate Governance Scorecard
Article from GCG Website 5 GOCCs received an Award for Excellence on the Corporate Governance Scorecard (CGS) for the GOCC Sector this June. The Governance Commission, in partnership with the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) established the CGS to raise the Corporate Governance standards and practices of GOCCs to be at par with the ASEAN continue reading : GOCCs Awarded for Excellence on Corporate Governance Scorecard
Piñol named incoming DA people during Kidapawan farmers’ gathering
Article from Manila Bulletin KIDAPAWAN CITY — Incoming Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol presented his chosen undersecretaries and directors during a farmers’ congress held here on Friday. During the activity aptly themed as “First Farmers and Agri-Stakeholders’ Forum,” Piñol named as undersecretaries lady lawyer Ranibai Delangalen of Maguindanao and Bernadeth Romulo-Puyat, daughter of continue reading : Piñol named incoming DA people during Kidapawan farmers’ gathering
Insured farmers can claim P732M for ‘Lando’ losses
Some 110,000 farmers who lost their crops to Typhoon “Lando” can claim a total of P732 million in indemnity from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC). In a briefing yesterday, PCIC President Jovy C. Bernabe said that based on the particulars of the covered farmers, payouts range from P6,700 to P20,000 per claimant. Bernabe said continue reading : Insured farmers can claim P732M for ‘Lando’ losses
$1-M crop insurance for Mindanao farmers
From: http://www.sunstar.com.ph Article link: http://bit.ly/1GYtHXo THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (DA-PCIC), launched the $1-million Crop Insurance Project in Mindanao in a bid to help farmers and their livelihood cope up with climate change. Called “Scaling-up Risk Transfer Mechanisms for Climate Vulnerable Agriculture-based Communities in Mindanao,” the program continue reading : $1-M crop insurance for Mindanao farmers
More farmers availed of crop insurance in 2014–PCIC
From: http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/ Article link: http://bit.ly/1DVnZAY Enrollees in the government’s crop-insurance program rose by 24.3 percent to 924,343 in 2014, from 743,589 recorded in the previous year, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) said over the weekend. PCIC, a government-owned and -controlled corporation (GOCC) under the Department of Agriculture (DA), said rice, corn and high-value crop farmers continue reading : More farmers availed of crop insurance in 2014–PCIC