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NFA COUNCIL AND NFA EXECS SHOULD WORK COLLECTIVELY TO ADDRESS RICE SUPPLY PROBLEMS – NOGRALES

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 […]

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INTRODUCE MECHANIZATION OF RICE PRODUCTION TO FARMERS – VILLAR

Senator Cynthia Villar welcomed participants to the training program on mechanization in production of rice at the Villar Sipag Farm School in Bacoor, Cavite. Held in partnership with the Department of Agriculture Regional Office 4-A and the Philippine Center for Post-Harvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech), the two-day seminar taught participants safety measures in farm operations […]

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DTI MUST STEP UP PRICE MONITORING EFFORTS, PUNISH ‘HEARTLESS’ PROFITEERS IN REGIONS – NOGRALES

House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles urged the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to intensify their anti-profiteering operations after skyrocketing rice prices in Zamboanga City forced the city council to pass a resolution urging the local government to place the city under a state of calamity. Nograles, who had earlier called […]

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AGRI PARTY-LIST ECHOES PRESIDENT’S CALL TO PASS RICE TARIFF BILL

The AGRI Party-list today echoed the call of President Rodrigo Duterte during his State of the Nation Address on Monday to immediately pass the rice tariffication bill, which he had certified as urgent, as a long-term measure to lower the price of rice. The President said that “we need to switch from the current quota […]