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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has formed a technical working group (TWG) that would oversee improvements in the government’s implementing guidelines for preventing hoarding and the manipulation of prices of farm goods. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. issued Special Order (SO) 1379 that mandated the creation of the TWG…

MANILA- The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday big onions being sold in some parts of Metro Manila about the size of a fist are likely smuggled. In an interview, DA deputy spokesperson Assistant Secretary Rex Estoperez said the approved 5,775 metric tons of imported onions have yet to enter the country. "Kasi according to the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), wala pang dumadating. Kasi sa first border control, wala pang nire-report na may dumating. Pangalawa, wala pang distribution...

The CFTC’s recent announcement that it is paying a whistleblower a $200 million award for providing information about wrongdoing concerning the…

The CFTC’s recent announcement that it is paying a whistleblower a $200 million award for providing information about wrongdoing concerning the manipulation of financial benchmarks used by global banks is likely to spur more whistleblowers to assist the CFTC