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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has declared that the authority of the Bangsamoro government over irrigation systems in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is limited only to communal irrigation systems (CIS). Thus, the DOJ ruled, only properties and assets confined to CIS should be turned over to…
GENUINELY HAPPY. Agriculture Secretary William Dar says he is genuinely happy doing the best he could to lead the Department of Agriculture (DA) amid all the challenges, in a press conference on Wednesday (June 29, 2022). However, he also said he condemns, in the strongest term, all forms of corruption and agricultural smuggling. (Photo courtesy of DA) MANILA -Agriculture Secretary William Dar condemned Wednesday all forms of agricultural smuggling and corruption in the country, calling it economic sabotage, just a day before he steps down from office. In a press conference, Dar said it has be...
Acting presidential spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo) MANILA - Malacanang on Tuesday urged the Senate to file charges against Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Rey Guerrero and 21 other personalities who were tagged as alleged protectors and smugglers of agricultural products worth hundreds of millions of pesos. This, after the Senate Committee of the Whole on Monday released a 63-page report of the list of personalities which included officials of the BOC, Department of Agriculture, and several mayors. The report said the amount of smuggled agri-fishery ...
(Photo courtesy of League of Associations at the La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post Facebook) MANILA - If proven guilty of agricultural smuggling, government officials involved in the illicit activity should not last a day in office anymore. Neophyte Senator-elect Robin Padilla said employees of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC), among those allegedly involved in massive agriculture smuggling as reported by the Senate Committee of the Whole, should have the "delicadeza" (propriety) to resign. "Sa akin pong palagay, kung sinuman ang mapapatunayan diya...
Top officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) are in the list of suspected smugglers or protectors of smuggling of agri-fishery products worth P667.5-million from 2019 to 2022. The list was submitted to President-elect Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ R. Marcos Jr. by outgoi