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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 […]
“If funds were misapplied by agency officials, prosecute the offenders. When Congress gives you money, tells you where and how to spend it, then you do something else, that’s illegal. We should also make the NFA accountable for the storage fiasco that led to wastage and infestation of stocks in Luzon while rice supplies at […]
The AGRI Party-list has lauded Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol for committing to resolve the Zamboanga rice crisis amid a barrage of criticism from various sectors over the perceived failure by government to prevent an escalation of rice prices in the region. The National Food Authority (NFA) Council on Wednesday decided to import 132,000 metric tons […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for the abolition of the National Food Authority (NFA) to spare taxpayers from the burden of subsidizing the “inefficient and unproductive” operations of the embattled agency. “lsa sa mga problemang nakikita ko kaya kulang ang supply at mataas ang presyo ng bigas ay iyong operations ng NFA. Hindi maayos at […]
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles challenged the present leadership of the National Food Authority (NFA) to act on rising rice prices and the shortage of NFA rice in the market after inspecting the supplies of the grain staple and speaking to rice retailers in Cagayan de Oro. “The NFA administrator is […]
With Zamboanga City now under a state of calamity due to the shortage of rice, House Committee on Agriculture chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose Panganiban, Jr. called on the National Food Authority (NFA) to investigate and implement necessary measures to prevent similar crises in other parts of the country. Panganiban said the NFA “should be […]