Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) Heightened price monitoring on rice will help determine who are manipulating the price of Filipino staple food to the detriment of both farmers and consumers. Quezon 1st...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) Alarmed by the prevailing high price of rice, Speaker Martin Romualdez has told profiteers and price manipulators to clean up their act, or else face the wrath of the House of Representatives. “Sa...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has formed the quinta-committee (quinta-comm), which is tasked to investigate the interdependent issues of smuggling and price manipulation of basic goods and...
(Unsplash) Quezon 2nd district Rep. David Suarez says the House of Representatives is committed to the “all-out war” against those involved in agricultural smuggling, hoarding, and price manipulation. Suarez was referring to House Speaker Martin...
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...
Militant congressmen are calling on the Committee on Agriculture and Food to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on what they described as the "potential overpricing and price manipulation of onions in the market". (Unsplash) Makabayan bloc members ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro,...
A traceability system that will enforce the strict accreditation of livestock and poultry traders and retailers in the country will be established in an attempt to curb potential price manipulation in the meat and poultry sectors, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. (Photo courtesy of the...
