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...
Cesar Montano and Coco (Instagram) It's a happy picture of actor Cesar Montano kissing and hugging Coco, the five-year-old son of Miss Philippines Earth 2009 Sandra Seifert. The photo was shared by Seifert on Instagram on Nov. 25 with the caption: "Love Actually." Some netizens think that Coco is...
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...
Over the years TikTok has not only become a source of entertainment. It is now also a source of information, and as different types of people join the community, the diversity of content also widens. One of the most famous models who joined Tiktok is Canadian supermodel and author of Study of Pose:...
For quite sometime now, actress Julia Montes has been greeting actor Coco Martin with simple birthday messages on Instagram. On Nov. 1, the birth date of Coco, Julia uploaded a picture of Coco with images of wrapped gift, a red heart, and a birthday cake as her caption. The "Ang Probinsyano" star...
