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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 plan, kung dumating man din. So, definitely, kung titingnan mo, (Because according to the Bureau of Plant Industry, nothing has come yet. (In the first border control, there hasn't been a reported entry. Secondly, there's no distribution plan yet, in case there has been a delivered [volume]. So, definitely if you look at this), these are smuggled," he said. Estoperez said they have received reports that these big onions are being sold in Marikina and Pasay cities. The DA is also lo ....