Leyte’s Richard Gomez pushes bill making purple yam priority crop

ORMOC CITY, Leyte — Leyte Fourth District Rep. Richard Gomez has filed a bill seeking to declare ube a national agricultural priority. Gomez said the measure is part of a broader effort to unlock the economic potential of ube, which he described as an underutilized but promising crop. “For a long time, ube was not

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