Tag: Magsasaka party-list

‘ONE TOWN, ONE PRODUCT’ BILL GETS HOUSE OK

Post author By Mario Sineneng
Post date June 7, 2021
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A measure seeking to institutionalize the One Town, One Product (OTOP) Philippines Program to promote inclusive and sustainable economic development has hurdled final reading approval at the House of Representatives. Voting 255-0, the chamber overwhelmingly passed on third reading House Bill 9350, which institutionalizes OTOP Philippines as the government’s stimulus program to encourage the growth […]

Tags House of Representatives, Magsasaka party-list, One Town One Product, OTOP, Rep Argel Joseph Cabatbat

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PAMPI’S CALL TO BOYCOTT LOCAL PORK WILL HURT HOG-RAISING INDUSTRY – CABATBAT

Post author By Mario Sineneng
Post date November 5, 2019
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A party-list lawmaker said the call of the Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) to stop buying local pork to contain the spread of the African swine fever (ASF) virus is “misinformed” as it would only hurt the hog-raising industry. Magsasaka Party-list Representative Argel Cabatbat said the industry group should be reminded that there […]

Tags African Swine Fever, Argel Cabatbat, ASF, boycott, doh, local hog-raising industry, Magsasaka party-list, PAMPI, Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc., pigs, virus