Benham trip to push through next week

The government is all set to embark on another exploratory trip to the 13-million-hectare Benham Rise next week, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said yesterday.

Piñol said President Duterte gave the green light for the group of scientists and government officials to proceed with the trip on May 5 to 7 to check the area’s potential as a food source.

“He has given his clearance to the planned voyage of the DA (Department of Agriculture). He told me to go ahead and discover what could be done to protect the area,” Piñol said.

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