The Environment and Natural Resources Department has ordered the suspension of aerial spraying of pesticides and fungicides in banana plantations in Region 11, which comprises the three Davao provinces and Compostela Valley.
Environment Secretary Jose “Lito” Atienza Jr. said on radio he also ordered the creation of a buffer zone on aerial spraying to make sure traces of fungicide or pesticide are kept away from residential areas.
Atienza issued the suspension order after residents, local church groups and militants had voiced opposition to aerial spraying, citing its threat to residents’ health.
The Davao City council in March 2007 adopted an ordinance banning aerial spraying but plantation owners last January won a court order stopping the ban. The local ordinance aimed to prohibit companies from spraying fungicides over bananas from airplanes in 1,800 hectares out of the total 5,000 hectares of banana plantations in the city.
Plantation owners led by the Lorenzo family’s Lapanday Agricultural and Development Corp. argued that stopping the spraying could expose the banana plants to pest attacks that could drive their business to bankruptcy and eventually result in loss of jobs. –Manila Standard Today
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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