House Speaker Martin Romualdez House Speaker Martin Romualdez has issued yet another stern warning against the unscrupulous individuals who had a hand the onion price surge late last year. This, after Romualdez met with key lawmakers and officials of the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) late Monday...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez, onions (Speaker's office, MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez favored on Monday, May 22 the impending imposition of a suggested retail price (SRP) of P150 per kilo for red onions and P140 per kilo for white onions. “The imposition of a Suggested Retail...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo ((Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo did a "stellar" job in helping unravel the alleged cartel that caused onion prices to rise to absurd levels late last year. Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez as...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga says there's a "high probability" that the panel would recommend the filing of charges against some "personalities" in connection with the onion price surge...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo, onions (Screenshot from Zoom, MANILA BULLETIN) Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo ended the House Committee on Agriculture and Food's three-month inquiry on the agricultural hoarding issue by attempting to put faces on the alleged cartel...
A collaborative research on corn and onion using satellites is set to commence in 2023, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) revealed on Thursday, May 11. (Unsplash) In a statement on Thursday, scientists from PhilSA said they are working with the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Agricultural...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said that he will call for the resignation of all Department of Agriculture (DA) officials should prices of onions once again reach P600 to P700 per kilo. Barzaga, who attended the House Committee on Agriculture and Food's hearing Wednesday, May 10 on the...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (2nd from left) interpellates a Department of Agriculture (DA) official during House panel hearing Wednesday, May 10. (Screenshot from Facebook live) SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta says he will ask for the resignation of Bureau of Plants Industry...
From left to right: Onions, the House plenary, Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) The House of Representatives will resume plenary sessions tomorrow, Monday, May 8, in the afterglow of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s five-day United...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (left) and Leah Cruz. (Contributed photo, HREP website) The House Committee on Agriculture and Food will continue its hearing on the agricultural hoarding-slash-price manipulation issue in May 11. This was confirmed by committee chairman, Quezon 1st...
House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman and Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga confirmed on Tuesday afternoon, March 28 that the panel has lifted the contempt order on two cold storage company officials. The duo, Michael Ang and George Ong, director and general manager,...
The House of Representatives' resident doctor was able to "certify" the medical condition of Lilia Cruz, the so-called "Sibuyas Queen" and focal person in the solons' ongoing agricultural hoarding-slash-price manipulation probe. This was confirmed by Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman and...
