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Group to hunt down agri cartels, hoarders

Gov’t to enforce strict price monitoring, anti-smuggling measures The Marcos administration is intensifying efforts to combat large-scale agricultural smugglers, hoarders, profiteers, and cartel operators who...

Binay eyes stronger drive vs. rice cartels, smugglers

SENATORIAL candidate and Makati City Mayor Abigail Binay has called for stricter enforcement of laws against hoarding, smuggling, and profiteering, saying the problem lies...

Marcos orders all-out war vs. agri smugglers

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Saturday directed the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Customs to intensify their crackdown against agricultural smugglers. The...

Solon: Agri law will stop smugglers, cartels

Rep. Howard Guintu of the Pinuno Party-list, the main proponent of the recently enacted Republic Act 12022 or the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, is...

Speaker to go after profiteers, hoarders and agri smugglers

Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to fight hoarding, profiteering and smuggling of agricultural products, making it a top priority of the...

New DA chief vows to chase big-time agriculture smugglers

Newly-confirmed Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Tuesday vowed to chase agriculture smugglers whose list was given to him by President Ferdinand Marcos...

Win urges gov’t to go after agri smugglers

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday called on all concerned agencies to go after smugglers of agricultural commodities and protect local farmers from unwarranted competition. He...

Guatemala arrests migrant smugglers wanted in US

Guatemala dismantled a major migrant trafficking network Tuesday, arresting 19 people including four wanted for extradition to the United States, the attorney general's office...

Government spy unit to bare names of smugglers of agri products

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Sunday said the National Intelligence Coordination Agency (NICA) will submit the names of suspected smugglers of agricultural products. Sotto,...

Lawmen seize giant clams worth $3.3 million

Philippine authorities have seized illegally harvested giant clam shells worth $3.3 million as smugglers turn to the endangered creatures as a substitute for the...

Why corruption persists

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Binay urges gov’t to jail smugglers

Senator Nancy Binay yesteday expressed dismay that for years not one smuggler has been charged, arrested or jailed. Despite the repeated warnings to those behind...

Payola by the billions

I am not at all surprised at the claims of Senator Panfilo Lacson that payoffs from entrenched smugglers averaged between P27,000 and P36,000 per...

BoC computer system hacked by smugglers?

A PARTY-list lawmaker on Thursday warned smugglers had apparently gone high-tech and might have compromised BoC’s computer system with the aggressive anti-corruption campaign in...
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