CEBU, Philippines — Eleven pupils from a public elementary school in Barangay Montañeza, Malabuyoc town, southern Cebu landed in a hospital yesterday after eating the poisonous fruits of jatropha ...

PhilForest president and chief executive officer Rodolfo Noel I. Lozada Jr. said the firm will execute its assignment in two stages: propagate the energy tree via the large-scale production of seeds ...

SASMUAN, Pampanga—Officials of Barangay (village) San Nicolas 1 in this coastal town on Monday felled two Jatropha curcas trees in the village to avoid more incidents of food poisoning. The council ...

Researchers have found that 10 children who fell ill in the Philippines after eating a type of seed had watched a video on social media appearing to show they were safe to consume. In September 2023, ...

At least eight children were rushed to a hospital in General Santos City after suffering stomach pains for eating tuba-tuba (jathropa) late Thursday. Bombo Radyo reported the incident occurred at ...

Fourteen schoolchildren in La Paz, Iloilo were rushed to a hospital after eating fruits of the herbal plant tuba-tuba, GMA News reported Wednesday. Doctors at the Western Visayas Medical Center said ...