August inflation seen faster on increased oil, rice prices
Inflation in August likely rose to 5 percent from 4.7 percent in July on elevated global oil prices and the ...
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PBBM: No deadline on onion cartel probe, warns vs. ‘half-baked’ result
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday that there’s no deadline on his order to probe the onion cartel. In ...
Read moreOnions go straight to retailers via gov’t contract farming program
The government has rolled out its contract farming program for agricultural products, in particular onions, to improve farmers’ access to ...
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Serendipitous discovery
Customs agents conducting a random inspection of six warehouses across Metro Manila discovered some P150 million worth of agricultural products ...
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Kadiwa ng Pangulo
Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (left) take a look at various agricultural products during the ...
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DA: Gov’t seized P27M smuggled sugar this month
The Department of Agriculture on Friday said its intensified campaign gainst smuggled agricultural products, confiscating a total of P27.3 million ...
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Why Cha-Cha is imperative
"The Philippines may protest against it, as it had so many times, but will that end the assertiveness of China ...
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JV seeks heavier sanctions vs. agri products smugglers, cartels
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito has proposed amendments to Republic Act No. (RA) 10845 or the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of ...
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Senate panel eyes task force, courts vs. agri smuggling
The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food has recommended the creation of a presidential task force and special courts to ...
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Group slams bid to push tobacco amid agri-smuggling drive
A consumer group on Wednesday urged the government to focus its efforts on curbing the smuggling of agricultural food staples ...
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