The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the revocation of the corporate registration of Pigdeals International Holdings Inc. for unauthorized investment taking activities resembling a Ponzi scheme.
The SEC Enforcement and Investor Protection Department (EIPD) issued the order afte
QUEZON CITY, Mar. 31 As the African Swine Fever (ASF) incidence is at its lowest level since August 2020, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to implement the government’s P600-million swine repopulation program, focusing initially on previously affected areas that are no longer under quarantine and now classified as “pink” and “yellow” zones.
“We are heartened that the ASF incidence is waning, which as of March 26, 2021, has registered 253 cases, versus 358 cases in January 2021, 330 cases in February 2021, and the highest level at 1,773 cases in August 2020,” said Agriculture Secretary William Dar.
The favorable development was reported by Director Reildrin Morales of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), during a recent meeting presided by Secretary Dar with DA regional directors, Director Jocelyn Badiola of the DA-Agricultural Credit and Policy Council (ACPC) and President Jovy Bernabe of the DA-Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC).
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Lacson: Committee of the Whole Best Suited to Handle DA Tong-pats Probe
Convening the Senate into the Committee of the Whole will be needed to tackle the wide scope of the problems involving the tong-pats mess at the Department of Agriculture, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson said Wednesday.
Lacson said the issues stemming from the mess include food security and a revisiting of the Food Safety Act of 2013 (RA 10611); foregone revenues; and public health. I am recommending that the Senate convene into a Committee of the Whole to handle the investigation. The tong-pats mess has an impact on foregone revenue and corruption, food security, and health. The Committee of the Whole is best suited for this, instead of having the Blue Ribbon Committee and Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means and Health handle it separately, he said.
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THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has formed a committee to investigate alleged corruption in the process of certifying that pork imports are within the minimum access volume (MAV) quota, qualifying them to pay lower tariffs, though Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said the possibility of corruption in issuing the document is âremote.â
In a statement Wednesday, Mr. Dar said the discretion of the certification issuers in ruling that imports fall within the MAV quota is limited.
âWe have created a special committee to look into allegations made by a lawmaker that there is a syndicate in the DA engaged in a payoff scheme,â Mr. Dar said. The committee will be headed by the chief of DAâs legal service, Armando R. Crobalde, Jr. It will evaluate the preliminary findings of the MAV Secretariat led by Executive Director Jane C. Bacayo. The committee has a deadline of the end of Marc