Bicol farm losses reach P4.8M amid lack of rain

LEGAZPI CITY, ALBAY, Philippines — Agricultural losses in the Bicol region have reached P4.8 million due to declining rainfall and the onset of the dry season, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported on Tuesday. Lovella Guarin, DA Bicol information officer, told the Inquirer that data from automated weather stations showed below-normal rainfall across the region

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