photo: CIDG Police arrested four foreigners after they yielded around P1.7 million worth of smuggled onions during an operation in Mexico, Pampanga over...
The Department of Agriculture’s Inspectorate and Enforcement (DAIE) unit seized smuggled agricultural commodities worth ₱2.83 billion in 2024, nearly a billion more than the previous year’s total. Over the 12-month period, the DAIE conducted a total of 71 operations. This...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Facebook) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is prodding the government to "make an example" out of smugglers of agricultural products in order to discourage acts from such criminals. Lee issued the call...
An agricultural group is backing the government’s position to use the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage (AGES) Act in filing cases against the more than P200 million worth of frozen mackerel that were seized earlier by the Bureau of Customs at the Port of Manila. Signed into law by President...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has called for a tougher campaign against agricultural smuggling on the back of the Bureau of Customs' (BOC) confiscation of P85.1 billion worth of contraband last year. “Maganda ang ginagawa ng Customs sa paglaban sa smuggling, pero hindi tayo dapat huminto....
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...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), vowed on Wednesday, Dec. 18, to intensify the campaign against agricultural smuggling and hoarding, particularly rice. Marbil said the continuous efforts to run after smugglers, hoarders and profiteers of agricultural...
President Marcos renewed his government's resolve to combat smuggling and hoarding in the country, vowing that he would not let anyone take advantage of Filipinos. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this as he led the distribution of confiscated mackerel to...
President Marcos has directed the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) to intensify the campaign against agricultural smugglers as they disrupt the supply chain and impact the prices of goods in the market. DISTRIBUTION OF SEIZED MACKEREL — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
(From to right) Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Pasig City lone district Rep. Roman Romulo, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker's Office) House...
Senator Cynthia Villar hailed the signing into law of a measure that imposes severe sanctions against smugglers, profiteers, hoarders, and cartels of agricultural and fishery products. Senator Cynthia Villar expressed gratitude to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., for signing the Anti-Agricultural...
The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) vowed to enforce the new law designed to combat smuggling and hoarding of agricultural products, ensuring a stable food supply for Filipinos. Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said that the recently signed Republic Act No. 12022,...
