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...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Thursday, August 22 welcomed the Sandiganbayan Special Fifth Division’s decision acquitting him of direct and indirect bribery charges. This, after the Sandiganbayan reversed its earlier decision convicting Estrada of one count of...
TACLOBAN CITY – The municipality of Calbiga in Samar province implemented a pork holiday from Thursday, August 1, to Friday, August 16, to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever and protect the hog industry. Mayor Red Nacario issued an executive order calling for a pork holiday after the...
CEBU CITY – Live hogs and pork-related products coming from Negros Oriental are already allowed to enter the province of Cebu. The ban was lifted through Executive Order (EO) No. 17 that Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia issued on Thursday, April 25. Live hogs and pork-related products coming from Negros...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is calling for the reduction of pork importation as many areas in the country are still recovering from the impact of African Swine Fever (ASF). AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (left) partakes of a ‘lechon’ or roasted pig at the...
