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Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque with singer Martin Nievera during a press briefing in Malacañang on July 19, 2018
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announces during a press briefing in Malacañang on July 19, 2018 that the Landbank of the Philippines, the Department of Agrarian Reform, and the Department of Agriculture have launched the Accessible and Sustainable Lending Program for Small Farmers. The program aims to increase the income of small farmers, especially the Agrarian Reform beneficiaries, by providing them with financial assistance for their agricultural needs at a low interest rate of 6% per annum. TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

A total of 64,241 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the regions of Ilocos, Cordillera, Cagayan Valley, and Central Luzon were spared by the government from paying over PhP3 billion in mortgages following the signing of the Certificates of Condonation with Release of Mortgage (COCROM) on Friday.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday led the inauguration and turnover of the Php71-million Rice Processing System II (RPS II) in Piddig, Ilocos Norte.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday led the inauguration of the Sulvec Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (SRIP) in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte.

The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has allotted nearly PhP2 billion for the development and construction of Cordillera Region’s major infrastructures.

The government is undertaking more key infrastructure projects across the Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan (Mimaropa) region to boost its economy, according to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

Despite the inclement weather, the Office of the President was able to hand over PhP262.453 million in financial assistance, services, loans and subsidy to farmers and fisherfolk affected by the El Niño phenomenon in Romblon, Oriental Mindoro, and Occidental Mindoro.

Farmers and fisherfolk affected by the El Niño phenomenon in Palawan and Marinduque received a total of PhP952.660 million in financial assistance, services, loan assistance, and subsidies from the government of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., approved on Monday key changes to the Laguna Lakeshore Road Network (LLRN) Project and other modifications to major infrastructure projects.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday inaugurated the largest water reservoir project in Iloilo. The inauguration of the water reservoir project, the largest outside Luzon, took place more than 40 years after the completion of its first stage in 1982, during the time of the President’s father, the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr.