The House Committee on Agriculture and Food is expediting the conduct of its motu proprio investigation on the issue of agricultural products hoarding. Onions at a Quezon City supermarket (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Originally scheduled on Wednesday, Feb, 14, the panel inquiry will instead...
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...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has been strongly urged to consider allowing the importation of onion by legitimate traders to address the high cost and shortage of supply of this important food spice in Filipino households. George T. Barcelon, president of the Philippine Chamber of...
Malacañang said there is no stopping the Marcos administration from going after big businessmen who are allegedly behind the widespread sugar hoarding as the Bureau of Customs (BOC) visited warehouses in Mindanao this week. File photo In a statement, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said that...
A veteran congressman described as a "victory" for the Marcos administration the availability in some supermarkets this Monday, Aug. 22 of sugar at a relatively low price of P70 per kilo. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left) and Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo "PBBM (President...
House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Joey Salceda wants to consider agricultural cartels, hoarding, and profiteering as economic sabotage. Sugar (Pixabay) “I want to give the government the legal basis to raid hoarders and cartels, and to punish them with the full brunt of the law. I...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. might soon be holding special powers to control hoarding of essential items, manage transport woes, investigate market abuse in the energy sector, and extend loans to businesses producing essential goods. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and...
Senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Thursday urged the public to brace for a continued surge in fuel prices as suppliers are likely to hoard stocks to push prices up. The UniTeam senatorial bet noted that oil prices are now being dictated by the ongoing war in Ukraine, the impact...
Following the alleged shortage in flu medicines in some drugstores in the city, Quezon City (QC) Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday, Jan. 5, warned hoarders who are taking advantage of the situation. “We will not hesitate to prosecute anybody found hoarding and profiteering these medicines. They are...
Editorial After the seizure of some P50 million worth of bagged 1-piso coins in a Quezon City warehouse, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas sounded a call for “the passage of a law on the hoarding of an extremely large volume of coins, as the central bank believes that the criminalization of this...
If it's any consolation, the Philippines isn't technically the worst in the world when it comes to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resilience. Social realism artists Sim Tolentino, Bryan Barrios, and Moks--collectively known as the Simbbmoks--render a mural on the wall of the Columban Mission in the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque recalled President Duterte's tirade against wealthy countries during the latter's recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) following the Philippines' dismal last place finish in Bloomberg’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Resilience...
