(MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Agriculture (DA) must step up its campaign on ensuring that sellers and suppliers comply with the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for pork. This, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee cited recent...
DA sets MSRP for pork in Metro Manila starting March 10, aiming to lower prices for consumers. The Department of Agriculture (DA) will implement a maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for pork in wet markets across Metro Manila beginning Monday, March 10, in a bid to lower prices. The MSRP...
Filipinos will be able to save a few pesos as Malacañang announced the expected drop in the prices of rice and pork in the market this month. Photos by Santi San Juan/Manila Bulletin Citing a meeting with Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Palace Press Officer and Communications...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is planning to allocate the majority of the pork imports under the 55,000 metric tons (MT) of the minimum access volume (MAV) quota to meat processors—a move aimed at stabilizing prices of processed meat products. In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Francisco...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is exploring the prospect of buying pork and directly selling the commodity to retailers, allowing the agency to cut through potential layers of profiteering as pork prices continue to rise. DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel recalled that during his meeting with...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is still studying the potential of implementing a maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) on pork as the agency investigates the possibility of profiteering. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said the MSRP will be imposed once profiteering has been...
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Agusan del Sur congressman Rodolfo G. Plaza and several others of multiple criminal charges involving the alleged irregular implementation of agricultural projects from 2004 to 2010 out of the former legislator's Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). In...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is currently assessing the rising prices of pork in local markets to determine whether profiteering within the value chain is a contributing factor. DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel noted that pork appears to be dealing with the same issue that led to high prices...
(Unsplash) AGAP Party-list Rep. Nicanor Briones has raised concern over the alleged practice of unscrupulous importers who misdeclare pork as something else in order to avoid paying higher tariffs. Briones attended the hearing Wednesday,...
The Sandiganbayan has upheld the acquittal of Senate President Pro Temporare Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on direct and indirect bribery charges in connection with his P183.7 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) from 2004 to 2014. In an eight-page resolution dated Nov. 27 and...
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile (center) arriving at the Sandiganbayan on Friday, Oct. 4 (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro slammed the “persistent inequality” in the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Being compared to the infamous Janet Lim Napoles is never a compliment, and Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co did just that to Vice President Sara Duterte. In a scathing manifestation before the House Committee...