President Marcos has certified as urgent the bill that would protect farmers and fisherfolk from unscrupulous traders and importers amid rising prices and shortages of agricultural products due to what he called "nefarious acts." File photos/Malacañang Marcos signed the letter to Senate...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) Individuals found to have committed agricultural smuggling will be meted the penalty of life imprisonment under a measure approved Wednesday, Sept. 20 by the House Committee on Agriculture and...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Grains Retailers, Traders, Millers, and Rice Importers Association has urged lawmakers to reconsider the provision on hoarding as stipulated in Senate Bill No. 2432 or the proposed Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act. A RICE retailer in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap)...
Law enforcement authorities should prioritize all well-known personalities linked to agricultural smuggling once the measure recommending hoarding, profiteering, and cartel as economic sabotage is signed into law. Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito pointed this out on Thursday,...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has filed a measure that would slap hefty penalties against individuals found guilty of phishing and other forms of online fraud. The measure, House Bill (HB) No.7976, seeks to define economic...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Rep. Co's office) A ranking congressman says the Department of Justice (DOJ) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) should pursue charges of economic sabotage against crime syndicates in connection with its probe on the alleged onion cartel. Ako Bicol...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez wants to get tough against the hoarders of onion and garlic, who according to the official are committing "economic sabotage". House Speaker Martin Romualdez, onions sold at a Quezon City supermarket (Speaker’s office, MANILA BULLETIN) “We received information...
Another measure filed by Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has been approved on third and final reading by his colleagues in the House of Representatives. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Given final approval...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) must send a strong message to traders involved in the big-time smuggling of agricultural goods. Benguet lone district Rep. Eric Go Yap (Facebook) Benguet lone district Rep. Eric Yap said the BOC can do so by filing air-tight, non-bailable cases against such smugglers,...
A measure seeking to declare as "economic sabotage" the smuggling of tobacco products into the country has been approved on second reading in the House of Representatives. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (left) and PBA Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles Through a simple voice vote (ayes vs....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. remains "on top things" as far as the dealings within the various government agencies are concerned. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda made this contention Wednesday, Aug. 17 amid the headline-grabbing controversies...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate wants the Office of the Ombudsman and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to look into the Department of Agriculture's (DA) alleged pro-important policy for what he described as "economic sabotage". (Office of Bayan Muna...
