More seized onions being sold: A decoy for bigger smuggling
Smuggled onions supposedly seized by Customs in northeastern Mindanao were sold not only in Davao City.
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Smuggled onions supposedly seized by Customs in northeastern Mindanao were sold not only in Davao City.
Onion smuggling goes on under the very nose of the Bureau of Customs.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY-The smuggled onions with a combined worth of PHP66 million which were seized here by a multi-agency task force early this month are "dangerous" to consume, officials said Saturday. In an interview,Cris Angelo Andrade, information officer of the Bureau of Customs in Northern Mindanao (BOC-10), said all seized smuggled agricultural products are hazardous to consume, as per the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) of the Department of Agriculture in Region 10 (DA-10). He said the seized goods were currently in the custody of BOC-10 and will be destroyed after the issuance ...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY —- A total of P66 million worth of smuggled agricultural products have been seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Northern Mindanao (Region 10) for the month of July at Mindanao Container Terminal Port, PHIVIDEC Compound, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. The Bureau of Customs Regi
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Agriculture-Northern Mindanao (Region 10) on Tuesday introduced technology and researched-based interventions for farmers to prevent the recurring increase of bulb onions here. In a statement, DA-10 Technical Director Carlota Madriaga said the interventions involve supporting the farmers' cooperatives, procuring seeds to farmers, conducting trials in research centers for bulb onion production, coordinating with regions through the Agriculture Marketing and Assistance Division (AMAD), consistently issuing import permits from the National Plant Quarant...