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LEE BATS FOR CREATION OF KADIWA CENTERS NATIONWIDE

With the government aggressively pursuing the establishment of Kadiwa centers around the country, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Sunday said the initial success of the Department of Agriculture (DA) program is a “proof of concept” that should convince House leaders to prioritize the passage of a measure that will institutionalize the agribusiness and […]

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AGRI BACKS PERMANENT KADIWA STORES NATIONWIDE

AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee backed Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s plan to put up permanent Kadiwa stores across the country. “Suportado natin ang planong gawing permanente ang Kadiwa. In fact, we have been calling for the institutionalization of the program and filed a bill towards this end because it presents a win-win scenario for […]

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DA TOLD: USE P140-M FUND TO BOOST ONION SUPPLY

Senator Imee Marcos has stepped in to increase the supply of onions that can be sold at P170 per kilo in Kadiwa outlets and rolling stores. Marcos called “pointless” the Department of Agriculture’s (DA’s) plan to raise the suggested retail price (SRP) of onions to control runaway prices that reached P720 per kilo recently. The […]

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SET-UP KADIWA CENTERS NATIONWIDE – AGRI PARTY-LIST

AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee urged the House leadership to immediately take up his proposed measure to establish Kadiwa Agri-food Terminals in every city and municipality to help farmers and fisherfolk and alleviate the high prices of basic commodities amid the problem of inflation. Lee made the statement after the country’s inflation rate spiked […]

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DA FORMS CRISIS MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE ON RICE – DAR

The Department of Agriculture (DA) will be implementing more interventions to help rice farmers who were affected by the drop in palay prices. In a media briefing in Malacañang, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the National Food Authority (NFA) will speed up the “turnaround” of palay-rice stocks by up to four times, which will create […]