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                    [ArticleID] => 1332845
                    [Title] => Villlar hails executive order vs 'cocolisap'
                    [Summary] => 

Sen. Cynthia Villar on Monday welcomed the declaration of state of emergency in areas affected by the infestation of “cocolisap” that threatens the country’s $2-billion coconut industry and the livelihood of about 3.5 million coconut farmers.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-09 15:29:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140609/coconut.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1331843 [Title] => Emergency state declared in Calabarzon over coconut infestation [Summary] =>

President Aquino issued yesterday an executive order (EO) declaring a state of emergency in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) in an attempt to contain widespread infestation of coconut trees in the region.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 323367 [Title] => New coconut pest reaches RP shores [Summary] => A destructive coconut pest believed to have reached Philippines shores about two years ago is now posing a threat to the country’s palm sector.

Named coconut hispine beetle (scientific name: Brontispa longissima Gestro), it is one of the most damaging pests of coconut and other palm species.

The beetle is endemic to Sulawesi (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea and spread in the late 1990s to Southeast Asia and Maldives.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193855 [Title] => Vegetable in CL safe — Study [Summary] => People in Central Luzon do not have to worry about the vegetables they consume.

These are safe, it was found in a study done by researchers of the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) in Muñoz Science City, Nueva Ecija.

The researchers–D.S. Paragas, D.P. Peñalosa Jr., and A.C. Roxas–recorded their findings in a joint report titled "Farming practices adopted by farmers: Its implication to pesticide residue content and quality of key commercial crops in Region III".
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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