Only representatives from three government agencies – Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), and Department of Justice (DOJ) – will have the final say on how the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund (CFITF) will be managed and use. Based on the Republic Act...
On signing of Coco Levy Act The Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act or Coco Levy Act, which will result in the release of the P100-billion coco levy fund, has now been signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, but its supposed beneficiaries are claiming that no justice or campaign promise...
The proposed Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act or Coco Levy Act, which will pave the way for the release and the utilization of the P100-billion coco levy fund, will lapse into law next week. This is 30 days since the enrolled copy of the Coco Levy Act has been sent to Malacanang on...
The proposed Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act or Coco Levy Act, which will pave the way for the release of the P100-billion coco levy fund, is just awaiting the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte. Business Bulletin learned that the copy of the Coco Levy Act has already been sent to...
Coconut farmers are coming up with a position paper that will formally ask President Rodrigo Duterte to veto Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund or the Coco Levy Act, which will pave the way for the release of the P100-billion Coco Levy Fund. (MB FILE, Keith Bacongco) Pambansang Kaisahan ng...
Amid growing opposition against the proposed Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund (Coco Levy Act), which will pave the way for the release of the P100-billion coco levy fund, Agriculture Secretary William Dar has made an appeal to coconut farmers to give the law a chance. Agriculture Secretary...
On the anticipated release of the P100-billion coco levy fund, another veto is coconut farmers’ last hope after the House version of Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund (Coco Levy Act) was passed on third and final reading and turned out to be “worse than the Senate version of the law”....
Coconut farmers are questioning some provisions of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act (Coco Levy Act) such as the annual allocation of portions of the P100-billion coco levy fund to several government agencies, some of which...
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) started the mass registration of coconut farmers to update the National Coconut Farmers Registry System (NCFRS), a concrete database of coconut farmers, ahead of the forthcoming release of the P100-billion coco levy fund. (MB FILE, Keith Bacongco) In several...
Getting helpless over the Senate version of the proposed Coco Levy Act, coconut farmers will attempt to seek for the intervention of Senator Bong Go, the longtime aide of President Rodrigo Duterte, about the “unfavorable” provisions of the proposed bill that sought to release the P100-billion...
