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Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday, June 28, spoke in defense of Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco saying the inclusion of the mayor’s name in a Senate committee report is a result of failed intelligence on the part of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency or NICA.

Top officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) are in the list of suspected smugglers or protectors of smuggling of agri-fishery products worth P667.5-million from 2019 to 2022.

Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Monday evening, June 20, rejected president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as the Department of Agriculture’s Secretary, claiming that Marcos will only worsen hunger in the country.

Senator Cynthia A. Villar scored anew the plan of Agriculture Secretary William Dar to import 38,695 metric tons (MT) of small pelagic fish like galunggong (round scad), sardines, and mackerel to be sold locally.

The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) met on May 24 to propose the latter’s project called “Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran ng Kababayang Katutubo (4K)” regularization and promotion into a full-fledged banner program of the department.

Senator Imee Marcos, chairperson of the Senate economic affairs committee, has again criticized the Department of Agriculture (DA) for attempting to pull off a ‘’midnight deal” while the nation is focused on the official vote count for president and vice president in Congress.

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday urged the government to heed the local Filipino farmers call and refrain from importing agricultural products if it would hurt them.

A “small” portion of onion production in Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro is considered as “poor quality” by the Department of Agriculture (DA) but the agency clarified on Friday, April 8, that it does not reflect the entire quality of production in the province.

ILOILO CITY — Secretary William Dar of the Department of Agriculture (DA) led the review of the country’s food security plan amidst the impact of the war in Ukraine.

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday, March 30 called on authorities to act on the allegations of a smuggling scheme involving vegetables from China in keeping with the Duterte administration’s campaign to combat corruption and boost transparency along the country’s borders.

A Department of Agriculture (DA) official on Monday admitted that “big-time” personalities allegedly involved in smuggliing have called him ip when cases are being prepared against them.

Senators on Monday said it is imperative for the government to go after the so-called “untouchables” who are behind the large-scale food smuggling in the country, affecting the livelihood of locals farmers and fishermen in the Philippines.

Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday, March 28 asked why the Department of Agriculture (DA) was lacking in its help for communities affected by African Swine Fever (ASF) in Mlang town in Cotabato.

Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Monday, March 28 said the Office of the President should put its foot down on the issue of smuggling at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Department of Agriculture (DA).

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Department of Agriculture-Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) on Wednesday launched a two-day harvest festival in Mindoro and Palawan to showcase the quality hybrid rice as part of the Plant, Plant, Plant program of the national government.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has forged a partnership with three private entities to ramp up the nationwide implementation of the Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Program which promotes sustainable crop production and accessible and affordable goods for communities.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has defended its move to import 200,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar and 200,000 MT of galunggong, saying that its attached agencies’ data showed supply deficiency of sugar and fish nationwide.

Vice presidential aspirant Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan assured that smugglers in the fisheries sector and “mafia-style” operations in the importation of round scad or “galunggong” will be dismantled in a Robredo-Pangilinan administration.