El Niño affecting 14 regions, agriculture sustains P6.87-B damage

MANILA, Philippines — The El Niño phenomenon, which began to be felt in the Philippines since June, is now affecting 14 of the country’s 18 regions, with its agriculture sector sustaining some P6.87 billion in damage, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). In its first bulletin on the weather phenomenon issued on Sept. 26,