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Broadcast journalist of @ABSCBNNews. Teaches in UP Diliman and Trinity University of Asia. Loves theater and travel. Advocate of media literacy!
Feb 17, 2023 16 tweets 8 min read
What we need to know with the recent Masungi Georeserve and Bureau of Corrections issue:

• At 6am of February 16, Thursday, around 20 officials of the Bureau of Corrections did an ocular on a part of Lot 10, which is being conserved by Masungi Georeserve.

@ABSCBNNews ImageImage • The BuCor officials presented a mission order and a newly-minted title claiming 270 hectares of Lot 10 in Barangay Cuyambay, Tanay, Rizal–
which is part of a protected area. Image
Feb 7, 2023 28 tweets 12 min read
For three days, our @ABSCBNNews team immersed with onion farmers and agricultural stakeholders in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija.

We tried to follow the onion trail from farm to market, and in the process, trace the problems of the onion industry.

Here's a quick summary of our story. 🧵 Bongabon, Nueva Ecija is considered by many as the onion capital of the Philippines. It is also the home of the annual onion festival April of each year.

Region 3 supplies the bulk of onions in the Philippines, and within the region, Nueva Ecija produces the biggest volume.