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DA, NAVOTAS LGU SEIZE P120M SMUGGLED FOOD ITEMS

The Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Inspectorate and Enforcement (DA IE) confiscated smuggled agri-fishery products amounting to P120 million during a series of raids on seven storage facilities in San Rafael Village, Navotas City. The initiative is in accordance with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to strengthen the Department’s fight against agricultural […]

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Government

DA FOILS SMUGGLING OF FOOD ITEMS WORTH P78.9M

The Department of Agriculture (DA) continues its intensified measures against agricultural smuggling as the Office of the Assistant Secretary for DA Inspectorate and Enforcement (DA I&E), along with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC), successfully seized P78.9 million worth of illegally imported agricultural goods during separate operations at the Manila […]

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Politics

STOP IMPORTING ‘GALUNGGONG’ – PANGILINAN

As the Department of Agriculture’s claim of fish shortage is disputed even by the fisheries sector, vice-presidential aspirant Senator Kiko Pangilinan said smugglers of food items will be jailed and the “mafia-style” importation of galunggong (round scad) and other food items will be dismantled under a Robredo-Pangilinan administration. “Tulad ng pag-import ng PPEs (personal protective […]

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Government

DAR WARNS TRADERS WHO JACK UP PRICES OF FOOD ITEMS

Agriculture Secretary William Dar warns unscrupulous traders and wholesalers who unreasonably jack up prices of basic food items particularly pork, saying that a government task force is now monitoring their activities and if found guilty would face stiff penalties under the law. “We recently activated a sub-task group on economic intelligence under the IATF task […]