Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio hailed the arrest of an individual who was caught smuggling 30 containers of onions. In a statement, Rubio said on Friday, Nov. 17, that the successful arrest is a huge step toward the government’s campaign against agricultural smuggling. “This shows the...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) will file criminal charges before the Sandiganbayan against Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretary for Consumer Affairs Kristine Y. Evangelista and 17 others in the shortage and spiralled prices of onion in 2022. In a separate decision, the OMB...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has expressed dismay over the reported involvement of Department of Agriculture (DA) officials in the hoarding of onions and price manipulation of the commodity during the latter...
Tony Glover from the United Kingdom (UK) broke the Guinness World Records for the heaviest onion after cultivating a massive 18-pound and 11-ounce onion. Tony Glover, a backyard farmer from the United Kingdom, holds the heaviest onion, which weighs 18-pound and 11-ounce according to the Guinness...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) inspects a rice warehouse in Bulacan (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed to Filipino consumers on Sunday, Aug. 27 that the absurd onion price surge late last year won't happen to rice. ...
Red onions (File photo/ Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A Department of Agriculture (DA) official has assured congressmen that onion prices will have a ceiling of P170 per kilo in December, but only after he was threatened with sanction if ever "history repeats...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Rep. Co's office) A ranking congressman says the Department of Justice (DOJ) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) should pursue charges of economic sabotage against crime syndicates in connection with its probe on the alleged onion cartel. Ako Bicol...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. (left), and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (MANILA BULLETIN) Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo and Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.--arguably the two most prolific solons during the House of Representatives' inquiry...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman Quezon 1st district Rep. Mark Enverga has assured Malacañang that his panel will assist national agencies in the effort to clamp down on the personalities involved...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker's office, MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has hailed the "decisive action" of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. against the alleged onion cartel. “This is a welcome development, a...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has introduced a program that would directly link onion farmers, and possibly rice farmers, to institutional buyers and loan assistance to farmers as one of measures to stabilize prices of basic goods in the country. Dubbed “Farmer Retail Market”...
"Sibuyas Queen (Onion Queen)" Lilia Cruz was a no-show at the resumption of the House of Representatives' inquiry on agricultural hoarding, and Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. didn't like her alibi. Lilia Cruz (left) and Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. (HREP website,...
