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Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. threw his support behind hog raisers’ calls for higher pork import tariffs, saying the Department of Agriculture (DA) would do what it can to ease mounting losses among local producers squeezed by cheaper imports and falling farmgate prices. “I’m on the side of Filipino hog raisers. We will do […]
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has joined the ranks of farmers, fisherfolk, local business chambers, and consumers in opposing the “exorbitant” tariff increase being collected by a private port service contractor in the port of Tacloban. “Sobra nang pabigat ito sa taumbayan. This would create a domino effect in the supply chain. Imbes na tulungan ng […]