La Union farm damage tops P11M amid heavy rains

CALASIAO, PANGASINAN, Philippines — Agricultural losses in La Union have reached P11.1 million after Tropical Depressions Luis and Maymay, along with the southwest monsoon (“habagat”), battered the province with days of heavy rains and flooding. The damage affected 472 hectares of agricultural land planted with rice and high-value crops, as well as fish farms in