FROM THE MARGINS The government is ramping up measures to curb inflation due to the rise in food prices resulting from shortfalls in agricultural supply. A high-level Inter-Agency Committee is being set up to monitor agricultural production, food prices, supply, and importation. This, hopefully,...
Three people--including two officials of a cold storage facility--were cited in contempt Tuesday, March 7 by the House Committee on Agriculture and Food during the panel's ongoing inquiry on the agricultural hoarding issue. SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Screenshot from Zoom) This, after...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has demanded complete physical attendance from the resource persons of the House Committee on Agriculture and Food's inquiry on the alleged hoarding of agricultural products in the country. Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. (PPAB) Barzaga made...
The House of Representatives has gained a commitment from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) that it would assist them in monitoring the entry of agricultural products in the country amid an ongoing panel inquiry on the issue of hoarding. Onions sold at a Quezon City supermarket. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA...
Gabriela on Friday, Feb. 17, restated the consequences of “too much” importation, stressing that it harms local production of agricultural goods and displaces small-scale farmers. Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representative Arlene Brosas said the national government’s plan to import 440,000...
There is now more "clarity" in the agricultural hoarding issue that's being investigated by the House of Representatives. Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) This, after the House Committee on Agriculture and Food chaired by Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark...
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform has sought the creation of an Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Task Force and an Anti-Smuggling Court to end the days of cartels that preyed on farmers and exacted high prices of agricultural produce in the markets. These were contained in a...
In a bid to increase agricultural productivity in Mindanao’s ancestral domains, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched the five-year Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development Project (MIADP) which will run from 2023 to 2028. Farmers unhusk coconuts in a remote villages of Piklt, the top...
Ranking House members led by Speaker Martin Romualdez are batting for the creation, operation, administration, and coordination of so-called Special Agricultural Growth Zones (SAGZ) in the Philippines. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) For this purpose, Speaker Romualdez; House...
The Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga-led Committee on Agriculture and Food in the House of Representatives began on Wednesday, Feb. 8 an inquiry on the alleged hoarding of agricultural goods such as onion and garlic. Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Screenshot from...
Congressmen who took part in the House Committee on Agriculture and Food's inquiry on the alleged hoarding of onions and other agricultural products were left frustrated and confused Wednesday, Feb. 8. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, after the solons couldn't get the answers and...
The Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda-led Committee on Ways and Means will give way to another House panel regarding the chamber's inquiry on the onion price surge and agricultural smuggling. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda Salceda had this to say Monday, Feb,. 6, noting that he had "sought...
