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The AGRI Party-list has welcomed Agriculture Secretary and new National Food Authority Council (NFA) Chairperson Emmanuel Piñol’s approval of the importation of a total of 1.75 million metric tons (MT) of rice for 2018 and 2019. The move, Piñol announced, was aimed at discouraging rice hoarders and taming rice prices, which remain high despite one […]
The AGRI Party-list has welcomed the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to bring the National Food Authority (NFA) under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture (DA), saying this would ensure better coordination in tackling perennial issues on rice. The President issued Executive Order 62, which transfers the NFA, Philippine Coconut Authority, and Fertilizer and […]
Senate Trade and Commerce Committee Chairperson Sen. Koko Pimentel III on Tuesday urged retiring Army Chief and incoming National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Lt. Gen. Rolando Bautista to work closely with the government’s economic managers to stabilize rice prices and address problems with supplies of affordable NFA rice. Pimentel said the long queues for NFA […]
House Agriculture Committee chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose Panganiban, Jr. called on the National Food Authority (NFA) and the country’s economic managers to reevaluate whether the amount of rice approved for importation early next year will be enough to cover the losses caused by Typhoon “Ompong.” The country had planned to import an additional 383,500 […]
House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles urged the National Food Authority (NFA) to focus on the entry of Typhoon Ompong and ensure the propositioning of rice stocks in areas in the path of the storm that entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday afternoon. “I know the President’s recent announcement […]
With the National Food Authority (NFA) Council approving the importation of 250,000 metric tons of rice via open tender, House Appropriations Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Thursday urged the NFA management to ensure that the imported stocks would be distributed properly to prevent problems that have plagued rice stocks that were previously imported […]
As inflation for the month of August hit a nine-year high of 6.4 percent, Senate Trade and Commerce Committee Chairperson Koko Pimentel III on Thursday said the rice tarrification bill pending in the Senate was a “long-term solution” to the rice supply problems that have contributed to rising inflation rates. On Wednesday, BSP Governor Nestor […]
With the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) recently revealing that inflation has hit 6.4 percent this August, House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Wednesday urged members of the National Food Authority (NFA) Council and NFA management led by NFA Administrator Jason Aquino to “set aside their differences, end the finger-pointing, and […]
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles warned the National Food Authority (NFA) against continuing its fund diversion spree, noting it could influence other agencies to likewise violate the law. “Kung ginagawa ng NFA yan, (If NFA has been doing this) nothing will stop other agencies and departments from also diverting their funds […]
House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Thursday welcomed the decision of the National Food Authority (NFA) Council’s decision to approve the importation of 132,000 MT of rice to stabilize rice prices, but lamented that action could have been taken sooner to prevent the rice prices from getting out of hand. “As the […]