SAN JACINTO, PANGASINAN, Philippines — Conrado Soriano ... My father taught me how to plant cacao. We harvested the fruits and made ‘tablea de cacao,’” Soriano said in a recent interview.

Mango farmers in Mangaldan, Pangasinan are struggling with cecid fly infestations that have damaged around 10 percent of mango farms in the town, causing premature fruit drop and affecting crop ...