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DTI SEIZES P300K WORTH OF ILLEGAL VAPE IN QC

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through the Fair-Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB) seized vape units worth P302,300 through focused enforcement operations in Quezon City recently. The enhanced monitoring led by the DTI-FTEB Director Atty. Fhillip Sawali revealed that out of the 20 monitored retail firms, 7 non-compliant firms were issued with Notice of Violation (NOV), mandating them to submit […]

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Politics

POLICE SEIZE ILLEGAL TIMBER IN BULACAN TOWN

Twenty logs of illegal timber were seized in Brgy. Bonga Menor in Bustos, Bulacan by the Philippine National Police, the Bulacan Environment and Natural Resources Office reported. The captured Elf truck that was reported to have no cutting and transport permit has breached Section 68 of Presidential Decree No. 705 Series of 1975, commonly referred […]

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Government

DA SEIZES SMUGGLED BUFFALO MEAT IN CAVITE

The Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Inspectorate and Enforcement (DA-IE), together with the National Meat inspection Service (NMIS) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), conducted a joint anti-smuggling operation and food safety inspection in Dasmariñas City, Cavite recently. During the operation, the team discovered two unregistered cold storages and five refrigerated […]

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Government

P202M IN SMUGGLED AGRI PRODUCTS SEIZED IN JANUARY

Consistent with the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to safeguard the welfare of Filipino farmers and fishers and make locally grown agricultural produce more competitive, the Department of Agriculture (DA) continues with the campaign against agricultural smuggling. In January alone, a total of P202.5 million (M) worth of agri-fishery products placed in 24 container […]

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Government

DA, BOC SEIZE BANNED CHINA MEAT ITEMS WORTH P31M

A Warrant of Seizure and Detention will be issued to Victory JM Enterprise following the inspection of three 40-footer container vans consigned to it, initially declared to contain Frozen Prawns Balls. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for DA-Inspection and Enforcement (DA I&E) received information of the suspicious shipment at the Manila International Container Port, […]

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Government

BFAR SUSPENDS SEIZURE OF IMPORTED FISH IN MARKETS

The Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) suspended the confiscation of imported pink salmon, pompano, and other imported frozen fish products in the wet markets. “We will go back to our original strategy that we are doing which is concentrating on the cold storages and other areas, but not in […]