Agriculture
Sugar imports under scrutiny amid new smuggling bust
The Department of Agriculture (DA), the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), and the Bureau of Customs seized four container vans carrying smuggled refined sugar during an inspection in Manila on Thursday, signaling heightened enforcement against agricultural smuggling.
DA eyes June return of pork price cap
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is preparing to reinstate the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for pork as early as the end of June, according to Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.
P9M worth of smuggled sugar seized
Officials from the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Customs on Thursday inspected smuggled sugar from Thailand, brought in by a multi-purpose cooperative, following the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to intensify the crackdown on agricultural smuggling to protect farmers and consumers, and ensure a fair market for business.
120,000 workers to get P20 rice starting June
The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced Wednesday that 120,000 minimum wage earners nationwide will be the first to benefit from the subsidized rice program offering P20 per kilo, starting June. This initiative is in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), which identified the initial pool of eligible workers, mostly employed in private factories and companies.
PBBM reopens NFA warehouses, boosts rice farmer morale
SAN ILDEFONSO — Rice farmers from Central Luzon on Wednesday hailed the reopening of National Food Authority (NFA) warehouses in Bulacan and the aggressive palay procurement drive ordered by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., more popularly known as PBBM, calling the intervention a lifeline that has boosted their confidence to keep planting.
