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Press Briefing in Malacañang (February 10, 2025)

Author: DA Press Office | 11 February 2025

The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) holds a press briefing with the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco “Kiko” Tiu Laurel Jr., the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma, and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Undersecretary Rosemary Edillon on February 10, 2025. ### (photos by Jay Morales, DA-OSEC)

 

 

THE SECRETARY IN ACTION

Closing Ceremony of the National Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month (May 27, 2024)
Meeting with FAO Representatives (February 13, 2023)
Sec. Laurel CA confirmation (December 5, 2023)
DA-DTI Joint Market Monitoring in Pasig City (January 16, 2025)
BAPTC Visit (March 17, 2023)
Sec. Kiko visits PhilRice and PCC (November 29, 2023)
DA, USAID Meeting (November 8, 2022)
Courtesy Visit of Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc (January 19, 2023)
Media Briefing on ‘P29’ Program (July 4, 2024)
2024 Year-End Foreign Agriculture Service Corps (FASC) Consultation (December 19, 2024)
Farmer Directors & RAFC Chairpersons in 2024 NFFM (May 27, 2024)
Bureau of Plant Industry 93rd Anniversary (January 19, 2023)
Korea International Exhibition of Machinery, Science and Technology for Agriculture (November 2-5, 2022)
Makati Business Club Forum (September 16, 2024)
Courtesy Call of La Rioja, Argentina Provincial Secretary of Agriculture (May 30, 2023)
Inauguration of the BPI-NPQSD New Office in Subic (August 20, 2024)
Planting Ceremony of 1st NSIC-Registered Calamansi (January 25, 2024) 
Sr. USec meeting with Cong. Garin (November 14, 2022)
DA/KAPE Meeting (November 7, 2022)
DA-PCAF 10th Anniversary (June 26, 2023)
Recognition of Loyalty Awardees (June 23, 2023)
Visit to Nestle Philippines’ Bukidnon Integrated Coffee Center (October 29, 2024)
Media Kapihan sa PCCI (June 25, 2024)
NSTP-KTP Send-Off (October 24, 2022)
Courtesy Visit of PPSA Country Director and Managers (August 29, 2023)
Signing of Deed of Donation and Acceptance (August 1, 2023)
Young Farmers Challenge NCR Awarding Ceremony (August 31, 2022)
Opening of the 1st National Soil Health Summit (June 21, 2023)
1st International PGS Summit (November 26-28, 2024)
Regional Irrigators’ Association Congress (November 24, 2023)
Courtesy Call of Bongabong Mayor Doc Elgin Malaluan (September 21, 2022)
Anti-Smuggling Ops (August 18, 2023)
Opening of the World Food Day (October 16, 2023)
Filipino Food Month Media Launch (March 21, 2023)
Business Mission (June 21, 2023)
8th Organic Agriculture Month Kick-Off (November 7, 2022)
Flag Ceremony (January 6, 2025)
Meeting with DILG (January 20, 2023)
3rd National Livestock and Poultry Month Kick-Off (October 9, 2023)
DA-BAI 93rd Founding Anniversary (February 27, 2023)
Press Briefing in Malacañang (January 16, 2025)
Meeting with Egg Industry Stakeholders (January 25, 2023)
Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas (June 18, 2024)
Ceremonial Turnover of the 4,000 MT Milled Rice (February 3, 2025)
16th National Rice Technology Forum (September 19, 2023)
Distribution of Assistance for CALABARZON Farmers, Fishers (July 11, 2024)
Ang Sarap! Philippine Food Festival (April 26, 2024)
Awarding Ceremony – SORW (December 8, 2022)
Ph, Israel Meeting for Agri Collab (December 14, 2022)
C3EDP MOA Signing (April 14, 2023)
DAEA 20th Anniversary Celebration (February 19, 2024)
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (August 9, 2022)
Open Forum for Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems (October 3, 2023)
Canada Courtesy Visit (February 22, 2024)
National Judging of WFD On-the-Spot Poster Making Contest (October 5, 2023)
RP/S. Africa Meeting (March 13, 2023)
Meeting with Meat Traders (January 3, 2024)
36th National Coconut Week (August 15, 2022)
World Food Day 2023 (October 16, 2023)
MOA Signing KADIWA ng Pangulo (July 17, 2023)
Meeting with the Russian Ministry of Agriculture Representative (November 7, 2022)
Livestock and Aquaculture Philippines Opening Ceremony (July 5, 2023)
MOU Signing (September 14, 2022)
US Ambassador Courtesy Call (February 13, 2024)
Agrilink/Foodlink/Aqualink 2022 (October 6, 2022)
RAFC and NSC Chairpersons’ Dialogue with the DA Secretary (January 5, 2024)
Inauguration of URC Sariaya Flour Plant 2024 (November 29, 2024)
Meeting with Major Retail Chain Owners (January 21, 2025)
Opening Ceremony – 2024 Nat’l and Int’l Day of the World’s IPs (August 5, 2024)
Opening Ceremony of DA’s 126th Founding Anniversary (June 24, 2024)
Courtesy Call of PNP-NCRPO (November 11, 2022)
P15-M Peanut-based Project Turnover to FFF MPC (September 12, 2024)
Visit at the Meat Section of Major Supermarkets (May 28, 2024)
Harvest Festival in Candaba (February 3, 2024)
MOU Signing (December 2, 2022)
Opening of Kadiwa Store in Bilibid (September 8, 2023)
5th National Seed Summit (January 23, 2023)
KADIWA Rice-for-All in MM Public Markets (December 5, 2024)
Dialogue with National SWISA Federation (September 28, 2022)
Opening of 18th National Biotechnology Week (November 21, 2022)
Inauguration of Mobile Plant Food Safety Laboratory (April 11, 2024)
MOU Signing between PFDA and SMC (September 8, 2023)
Visit to Guimba, Nueva Ecija (August 29, 2024)
Distribution of Indemnity Checks in Mindoro (November 14, 2024)
SINAG Talakayan (November 13, 2023)
Visit at the International Rice Research Institute (November 29, 2022)
Management Committee Meeting (October 7, 2022)
MOU Signing, IFOAM Organics Asia and Kauswagan LGU (August 18, 2022)
Signing of Minutes of Meeting for MVC2 (December 23, 2022)
DA and DOLE MOU Signing (December 6, 2024)
Ceremonial Turnover of the 300MT Milled Rice Donation from Japan (August 17, 2023)
Rice Processing Facility Inauguration (September 12, 2024)
Cashless Expo (November 17, 2023)
Meeting with South Korean Government Agency on Smart Greenhouses (September 8, 2023)
Meeting on Salt Industry (July 13, 2023)
World Soil Day 2022 (December 5, 2022)
SOCCSKSARGEN Area Development Project Board Executive Committee Meeting (September 22, 2022)
Green Revolution 2.0 Launch (October 26, 2022)
MOA Signing for DA x DOJ RISE Project (July 13, 2023)
Food Security Cluster Communications Workshop (April 3, 2024)
DA-BPI Los Baños 91st Anniversary (November 23, 2022)
Nationwide Simultaneous Bamboo and Tree Planting Activity (September 13, 2022)
Symposium/Workshop on the Development of the Soil Atlas of Asia (June 20, 2024)
Launch of Rice-for-All Program (August 1, 2024)
Exploring IRRI Research Facilities (March 6, 2024)
Compartmentalization Program Kick-Off (November 8, 2022)
Meeting with the MAFAR-BARMM (February 23, 2023)
Courtesy Meeting with the REAP (January 25, 2023)
Hibla Bida Launch (November 13, 2023)
Visit in BAPTC (March 24, 2023)
Double A Slaughterhouse Launch (March 3, 2023) 
Awarding of RCEF Farm Machinery in Nueva Ecija (January 26, 2023)
17th ISM Kick-off (April 22, 2024)
CCMEA Awarding (November 17, 2023)
Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. 1st Day at the DA (November 3, 2023)
NWM Culmination Program (March 22, 2024)
Guadalupe Public Market Visit (December 19, 2024)
Anti-Smuggling Operation (June 20, 2023)
Meeting with the KPP (January 27, 2023)
NIA Equipment Refleeting Program (December 13, 2023)
Balbalungao SRIP Inauguration (December 13, 2023)
RP, Indonesia Collaboration Meeting (November 22, 2022)
Shipment of Hass Avocado to Japan (November 15, 2024)
World Bamboo Day and Philippine Bamboo Month (September 18, 2023)
International Coffee Day Celebration (October 2, 2023)
Meeting with BioPrime (December 12, 2022)
Livestock / Poultry Sectors Public Consultation (February 29, 2024)
Philippine Coffee Expo (June 2, 2023)
Hog Festival 2024 (March 1, 2024)
72nd DA-BSWM Anniversary (June 5, 2023)
PRDP Scale Up Meeting (March 27, 2023)
DA, USDA Meeting (July 20, 2022)
Cash Aid Distribution (September 9, 2023)
KADIWA ng Pangulo Expo (November 26, 2024)
Recognition of Halal and Organic Agri Enterprises (May 5, 2023)
Courtesy Meeting with Denmark Ambassador (January 24, 2023)
Garden-to-Table Cooking Caravan (April 30, 2024)
Meeting with DBP and CP Foods (January 25, 2023)
Meeting with United Luzon Mango Stakeholders (July 13, 2023)
OMG Meeting (August 11, 2022)
Meeting with NCPC-CAFS (December 13, 2022)
Gender and Development Workshop (October 25, 2023)
F2C2 Visayas-wide Cluster Summit (September 6-8, 2022)
World Food Day 2024 (October 16, 2024)
Meeting on Fertilizer Assistance (November 18, 2022)
Ceremonial Turnover of 400MT Milled Rice (March 21, 2023)
Kadiwa ng Pangulo: Usapang Agribiz (January 31, 2025)
Opening of NRAM Exhibit – DA Central Office (November 14, 2022)
FTI Visit and Inspection (January 12, 2024)
ManCom Closing (February 3, 2023)
DA-IE Confiscates Meat Products in Cebu (June 27, 2023)
Meeting with PAMPI (January 23, 2023)
DA, FDA Joint Press Conference (July 30, 2024)
Ginger Seedlings Distribution (October 22, 2024)
MOU Signing for Animal Health (July 20, 2022)
DA, DTI Joint Market Monitoring at Murphy Public Market (January 10, 2025)
Italian Trade Mission (March 7, 2023)
First DA Flag Raising Ceremony of Sec. Kiko (November 6, 2023)
FFM Kick-Off Ceremony (May 2, 2023)
YFC NCR-Level Awarding (November 4, 2022)
DFP Media Briefing (August 22, 2022)
Kadiwa on Wheels (March 28, 2023)
Livestock Expo Philippines Press Conference (August 16, 2022)
NMIS 50th Anniversary (October 17, 2022)
Women’s Month Opening Ceremony (March 6, 2023)
Oath-Taking of DA Officials (January 6, 2023)
Awarding of Plaques to RP Food Heroes (May 15, 2023)
Courtesy Call with New Zealand (March 20, 2023)
DA Unveils Mobile Soil Lab (December 6, 2024)
Courtesy Call of the Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom (September 26, 2023)
KaLIKHAsan Opening Ceremony (September 25, 2024)
Turn-over of Project Completion Report (July 14, 2023)
BABRC Visit (March 17, 2023)
Distribution of Agri-fishery Interventions (February 14, 2024)
BAPTC Visit, Stakeholders’ Consultation, and Project Steering Board Meeting (January 26, 2024)
KNP at QC Hall (February 15, 2024)
Meeting with Usec. DV Savellano (August 10, 2023)
Greenhouses and Postharvest Facility Completion Ceremony in Siniloan, Laguna (September 5, 2023)
Flag Raising Ceremony (January 2, 2024)
RP’s Hass Avocado Export to South Korea (September 30, 2023)
RP, Canada Meeting on Commercial Cooperation (September 26, 2022)
Pasay City Public Market Visit (December 13, 2024)
F2C2 Mindanao-wide Cluster Summit (August 16-18, 2022)
MOU Signing with Solar Blue Inc. (May 5, 2023)
Recommencement of Philippine Mango Export to Australia (September 6, 2023)
Inauguration of the AMDPC (December 7, 2023)
Visit to San Jose, Occidental Mindoro (April 23, 2024)
Meeting with the World Bank Team (September 26, 2023)
NFFM Fisheries Week Closing (May 26, 2023)
Food Safety Awareness Week (October 23, 2023)
MIADP MOA Signing (July 10, 2023)
Cacao Farm Visit (March 5, 2024)
Opening Ceremonies of Livestock Expo Philippines 2022 (August 24, 2022)
Lowland Vegetable Harvest Festival in Lubao, Pampanga (August 11, 2022)
Flag Raising Ceremony (February 27, 2023)
Meeting with Livestock and Poultry Stakeholders (December 14, 2022)
0KM Food Project MOA Signing (March 7, 2024) 
Distribution of Agricultural Assistance, Romblon (July 18, 2024)
DA Flag Raising Ceremony (January 15, 2024)
Visit at IRRI (March 6, 2024)
Pasasalamat Awarding Ceremony (December 20, 2023)
Meeting with Metro Manila Council (January 16, 2025)
Meeting with KAMICO (May 24, 2023)
Ginger Seedlings Distribution (November 12, 2024)
PCC Anniversary (March 30, 2023)
Turnover Ceremony of the Japan Non-Project Aid Program (November 18, 2023)
Courtesy Visit of the Malaysia’s Ambassador (June 19, 2023)
Pagsibol: Philippine Horticulture and Urban Agriculture Summit 2024 Opening (May 3, 2024)
DA, IRRI MOU Signing (February 13, 2024)
World Food Day 2022 (October 17, 2022)
Philippine Food Festival (April 2, 2023)
Post SONA Meeting (July 23, 2024)
FFM Culminating Activity (April 29, 2023)
Institute of Plant Breeding Visit (February 16, 2023)
Signing of RA 12078 (December 9, 2024) 
Courtesy Call of New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines (September 16, 2022)
Opening of the 2023 AgriLink / FoodLink / AquaLink (October 5, 2023)
DA, SGS Meeting (July 31, 2023)
Opening Ceremony of the National Disaster Resilience Month (July 1, 2024)
Inauguration of a South Korea-backed Greenhouse and Post-Harvest Facility in Lucban, Quezon (November 29, 2024)
38th Nat’l Coconut Week Opening Program (August 27, 2024)
French Delegates Visit F2C2 Cluster in Calabarzon
NRAM 2022 Exhibit, Opening Program (November 5, 2022)
JRMP II Inspection (February 14, 2024)
Meeting on Durian Production and Export to China (January 9, 2023)
Crops Week of the Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month (May 8, 2023)
Meeting with FFF (April 17, 2024)
MOU Signing between DA and San Miguel Foods (January 17, 2025)
Filipino Food Month (April 3, 2023)
Distribution of Assistance in Or. Mindoro (March 15, 2024)
Awarding of Agricultural Projects in Bataan (March 7, 2024)
Navotas Fish Port (September 7, 2022)
Inauguration of PMI Facility in Batangas (April 15, 2024) 
HAPAG KAY BBM Launch (March 1, 2023)
Meeting with UPLB-BIOTECH (October 4, 2023)
Awarding of Agriculture Assistance in Pili, CamSur (April 12, 2024)
SORW Awarding Ceremony (December 14, 2023)
ManCom Day 2 (February 2, 2023)
World Bank Courtesy Call and Briefing on the Major Outcomes of the MIADP Pre-appraisal Mission (October 7, 2022)
DA-DTI Price Monitoring at Cartimar Market, Pasay City (January 24, 2025)
Opening of the 17th National Corn Congress (October 24, 2024)
Meeting with WOAH (August 14, 2023)
Development Partners’ Forum (July 14, 2023)
ACEF Program Management Committee Meeting (November 14, 2022)
111th Special Meeting of the DA-NTA Governing Board (October 27, 2022)
Management Committee Meeting (February 1, 2023)
Distribution of Agricultural Assistance (February 3, 2024)
Courtesy visit of Iloilo 5th District Representative (November 15, 2022)
DA/NIA/DTI MOU Signing for Integrated Rice Supply Chain Development (February 2, 2024)
MOA Signing for the Establishment of Rubber Facilities (June 13, 2024)
Distribution of Assistance in OcciMin (April 23, 2024)
DA’s Agri-Puhunan Program Launch (September 13, 2024)
Courtesy Call of Ilocos Norte Governor Manotoc (October 24, 2022)
Courtesy Meeting with Poland Chargé d’affaires (September 20, 2022)
Presentation of Loyalty Awards to DA Personnel (June 26, 2024)
DA-BPI 94th Founding Anniversary (January 25, 2024)
National Rice Awareness Month Kick-Off (November 3, 2022)
Women’s Month Celebration Kick-off Ceremony (March 4, 2024)
Press Briefing in Malacañang (February 10, 2025)
Port Visitation (May 29 / June 1, 2023)
NFA Presscon (March 4, 2024)
Closing Ceremony of NFFM 2nd Week (May 12, 2023)
Livestock and Poultry Month Opening Ceremony (October 7, 2024)
Turnover of Farm Machinery to FCAs in Arayat, Pampanga (August 11, 2022)
DA Anniversary Opening Program (June 19, 2023)
DA 125th Founding Anniversary with PBBM (June 20, 2023)
Launching and Turn-over of NPAAAD and SAFDZ Maps (November 15, 2022)
Courtesy Meeting with Livestock and Poultry Sector (December 6, 2022)
Groundbreaking of NFA Facility (December 1, 2023)
Young Filipino Farm Leaders Send-off (April 8, 2024)
DA, DTI, DOE JAO Signing (March 21, 2024)
Meeting with Israel Ambassador to the Philippines (July 31, 2023)
1st National F2C2 Summit (December 12, 2023)
Young Farmers Challenge Program Launch (September 28, 2023)
Courtesy Meeting of High Commission of the Republic of Namibia (October 9, 2023)
Opening of DA-AMIA 10th Year / 16th Annual Global Warming and Climate Change Consciousness Week (November 20, 2023)
President Marcos and DA Key Officials’ Discussion on Food Production Strategies (July 18, 2022)
Courtesy Call of the New Ambassador of Chile to the Philippines (April 17, 2023)
Courtesy Visit of Paete Municipal Mayor (November 18, 2022)
NFFM Week 3 Opening Ceremony (May 15, 2023)
Opening of NFFM Week 4 (May 22, 2023)
985th NIA Regular Board Meeting (September 22, 2022)
Visit at KOPIA Center Philippines (November 23, 2022)
DA-BPI 95th Founding Anniversary (January 22, 2025)
ASEAN Ministers’ Meetings for Food Security and Sustainability (October 26, 2022)
RP, Czech Meeting for Agricultural Cooperation (March 21, 2024)
Courtesy Visit of Municipal Agriculture Officers from Nueva Ecija (November 7, 2022)
Awarding of Agricultural Assistance (March 8, 2023)
BABRC Visit (January 26, 2024)
Courtesy Visit of USDA Agricultural Counselor (August 14, 2023)
Closing Ceremony of the 3rd Week of NFFM (May 19)
Courtesy visit of JICA Philippine Office Chief Representative (September 21, 2022)
Commonwealth Market Visit (December 29, 2023)
Consultative Meeting on Agricultural Development in BARMM (April 22, 2024)
DA, KOPIA Projects Visit (May 16, 2024)
BSWM 73rd Founding Anniversary (June 5, 2024)
NDA Anniversary (March 12, 2024)
Distribution of Machineries under RCEF (December 7, 2023)
Meeting with the PBGEA (January 23, 2023)
Inaugural Executive Committee Meeting of DA with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (July 4, 2022)
YFC Awarding Ceremony (June 6, 2024)
Opening Ceremony of the Food Safety Awareness Week (October 24, 2022)
Inauguration of ITCPH Facilities (March 29, 2023)
20th Rice Harvesting Ceremony (November 11, 2022)
DA Promotes Family Mealtime with Davao Fruit Basket for Family Week (Sep. 23, 2024)
Visit to the Smart Greenhouse Project at the DA-BPI in Baguio City (January 26, 2024)
Awarding of Agricultural Machineries (April 19, 2023)
Meeting with Food and Agriculture Organization (October 10, 2022)
Young Farmers Challenge Awarding Ceremony (December 15, 2022)
Turnover of Seeds and Other Planting Materials (March 23, 2023)
Kick-off Ceremony of the Filipino Food Month (April 8, 2024)
National Seed Technology Park – Knowledge Transfer Project (NSTP-KTP) Meeting (August 15, 2022)
Ascending Arts in Rubber (March 11, 2024)
15th Annual Global Warming and Climate Change Consciousness Week Kick-Off (November 21, 2022)
DA-IE Operation (August 1, 2023)
Turnover of BPI Delivery Trucks (March 21, 2024)
Distribution of Assistance: Cattle Raising Credit Financing Facility for OSY (March 8, 2023)
DA-PRDP Inaugural Proponent Groups’ Bazaar (December 2, 2024)
2024 Philippine Seaweed Congress (November 8, 2024)
NTA 111th Special Board Meeting (September 22, 2022)
Consultative and Strategic Meeting of the PH Cacao Industry Council (December 14, 2022)
Meeting on Seaweed Farming (November 14, 2022)
2nd Joint Coordinating Committee on MV2C-TCP (May 27, 2024)
Visit to Coconut Trading and Processing Center (April 12, 2024)
Oathtaking of ASec. James Layug (September 27, 2022)

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