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                    [Title] => Hailstorm hits Baguio
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Hailstones, bigger than corn kernels, fell on this city for almost 15 minutes Wednesday afternoon.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 645240 [Title] => No huge frost damage seen [Summary] =>

The extent of crop damage caused by frost in vegetable-producing towns in the province has yet to be determined but is not likely to be huge, the provincial agriculture office said. 

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 622776 [Title] => 'Juan' damage to Benguet crops rises to P120 million; vegetable prices won't go up [Summary] =>

Crop damage caused by typhoon “Juan” here has reached P120 million, said the provincial agricultural office.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 622604 [Title] => 'Juan's wrath on Benguet crops reaches P120 million [Summary] =>

Super typhoon “Juan’s” wrath on Benguet vegetables and crops has reached P120 million, the Benguet province’s agriculture office said. 

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-21 17:45:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383667 [Title] => No major damage to Benguet farms hit by frost [Summary] => LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — There is no major damage in the vast vegetable farms of Benguet hit by frost.

"There is no cause for alarm," Benguet provincial agriculturist Lolita Bentrez assured farmers and local officials who expressed alarm over the damage wrought by the sudden drop in temperature recently.

Bentrez and her team of government agriculturists headed to Atok town on Friday to personally assess the situation. They said the damage is minimal and manageable.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383134 [Title] => Benguet farmers lose P10 M worth of veggies due to frost [Summary] => LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The freezing temperature now being experienced in the Cordilleras is wreaking havoc on the country’s vegetable bowl in northern Benguet.

Frost, a solid deposition of water vapor from saturated air, has so far damaged 100 hectares of vegetable and cutflower farms in Atok town, Mayor Connie Balao told The STAR yesterday morning after checking the situation.

Balao estimated that Atok farmers have already incurred at least P10 million in losses due to the frost, which has been observed since last November.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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