Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel is warning consumers against buying imported white onions, following the recent seizure of smuggled onions that tested positive for salmonella and heavy metals."If possible, please don’t buy imported onions because they may be...
Nueva Ecija will soon be home to the country’s first onion research and extension center, as the Department of Agriculture (DA) moves to revitalize the onion industry.This new facility will be located in the municipality of Bongabon, considered as the onion capital of the Philippines.The research...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered inspections of onion cold storage facilities across the country to curb potential hoarding and price manipulation.Laurel announced on Monday, Feb. 24, that the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) will take charge of these...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (PPAB) House Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is worried that unscrupulous traders are once again taking advantage of onion farmers--and by extension--Filipino consumers. “Amin pong...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The proliferation of smuggled onion merchants who sell their products dirt cheap online is causing AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee to worry about the status of local online producers. According to Lee, smuggled onions are sold...
Rarely does one of these dragging, protracted hearings in aid of legislation ever result to a tangible benefit to the common Filipino.But that’s exactly what happened after the House of Representatives sought to get to the bottom of overpriced local onions in February 2023. Upon the order of House...
Onions (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A congresswoman from major onion producer Nueva Ecija has described as "very good news" the Department of Agriculture's (DA) recent decision to impose a moratorium on the importation of onions. At the same time, Nueva...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The happy days of onion "cartel" players are numbered. Thus, said Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. at the heels of the National Bureau of Investigation's (NBI) filing of criminal charges for profiteering against six...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. received no recommendation to impose a price ceiling on the runaway costs of onions late last year. This, after the National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) failed to convene--on...
Onions (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)
The House of Representatives will hasten the passage of the proposed amendments to the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act upon the start of the second regular session of the 19th Congress later this month.
Thus, promised House Speaker Martin Romualdez...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he was determined to go after smugglers and hoarders of agricultural goods, stressing that Filipinos are dying of starvation because manipulative schemes in the market continue to thrivel.
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered an investigation on the smuggling of onion and other agricultural products, which he calls as "tantamount to economic sabotage."
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate)
Marcos directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) and...
