With crop damage caused by El Niño now reaching almost P8 billion, ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban who also chairs the House of Representatives’ agriculture committee is urging government to release needed financial aid to the 247,610 affected farmers and help offset their losses. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the […]
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House Agriculture Committee Chair and Anac-IP Party-list Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr. on Friday expressed confidence that the rice tariffication bill would be approved on third reading on Monday. The House of Representatives terminated sponsorship and debates on House Bill 7735, or the “Revised Agricultural Tariffication Act,” last Wednesday. The Senate version is still being […]