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Cold storage

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (second from right) plans to build more cold storage facilities at the Food Terminal Inc. complex in Taguig...

Chiz: Watchdog eyed by DA chief will unmask smugglers, hoarders

Senator Francis Escudero said hoarders and smugglers of agricultural products will be identified with the creation of a watchdog entity by Agriculture Secretary Francisco...

‘Arrest of suspected large-scale onion smuggler a key milestone’

Speaker Martin Romualdez on Sunday lauded the recent apprehension of a suspected large-scale onion smuggler as a “crucial milestone” in the government’s on-going battle...

Prices of agricultural products seen to go up during holidays

Despite assurances from the government that prices of commodities will remain stable, agriculture stakeholders forecast spikes in the cost of basic agricultural products like...

Speaker vows sustained monitoring of agricultural products

Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Thursday vowed to continue monitoring the prices of onions, rice and other agricultural products. Romualdez made the pledge as he...

August inflation seen faster on increased oil, rice prices

Inflation in August likely rose to 5 percent from 4.7 percent in July on elevated global oil prices and the impact of recent typhoons...

PBBM: No deadline on onion cartel probe, warns vs. ‘half-baked’ result

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday that there’s no deadline on his order to probe the onion cartel. In an interview, the President told...

Onions go straight to retailers via gov’t contract farming program

The government has rolled out its contract farming program for agricultural products, in particular onions, to improve farmers’ access to markets and achieve fair...

Serendipitous discovery

Customs agents conducting a random inspection of six warehouses across Metro Manila discovered some P150 million worth of agricultural products including frozen meat and...

Kadiwa ng Pangulo

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (left) take a look at various agricultural products during the “Kadiwa ng Pangulo” launching...

DA: Gov’t seized P27M smuggled sugar this month

The Department of Agriculture on Friday said its intensified campaign gainst smuggled agricultural products, confiscating a total of P27.3 million worth of smuggled refined...

Why Cha-Cha is imperative

"The Philippines may protest against it, as it had so many times, but will that end the assertiveness of China in the Philippine Sea?" Those...

JV seeks heavier sanctions vs. agri products smugglers, cartels

Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito has proposed amendments to Republic Act No. (RA) 10845 or the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016, citing the rising...

Senate panel eyes task force, courts vs. agri smuggling

The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food has recommended the creation of a presidential task force and special courts to focus on cases of...
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