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The Department of Agriculture, through its Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), has blacklisted 10 companies in the past six months for engaging in illegal trade activities, marking a significant crackdown on smuggling and other unlawful agricultural trade practices. “We have blacklisted more companies in the past six months than in the past six years combined,” […]
The ‘Murang Pagkain Supercommittee’ convened recently to begin its inquiry into smuggling and price manipulation of basic goods and essential commodities, with the end-goal of crafting legislation to achieve zero hunger and promoting food and nutrition security. The supercommittee is composed of the committees on ways and means chaired by Albay Representative Joey Salceda, trade […]
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 […]
Vice presidential candidate Senator Kiko Panglinan dared an official of the Department of Agriculture to name those who are protecting big smuggling syndicates in the country. At the continuation of the investigation by the Senate Committee of the Whole on vegetable smuggling, Pangilinan addressed Agriculture Dialogue and Information Network Groups Assistant Secretary Federico Laciste, urging […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) — in tandem with the Bureau of Customs (BOC), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and other member-agencies of the Sub-Task Group on Economic Intelligence (STG EI) and Compliance and Regulatory Enforcement for Security and Trade Office (CREST-O) — has confiscated more than P650-million (M) worth of imported farm and […]