House urged to form economic intel group to pursue smugglers
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of the Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday urged the House of Representatives to pass a bill institutionalizing the interagency Sub Task Group on Economic Intelligence (STGEI) to go after profiteers, price manipulators, hoarders and smugglers. During the House Committee on Agriculture and Food's hearing on the perennial problem of agricultural commodity smuggling in the country, DTI Undersecretary Ruth Castelo and DA Secretary William Dar said the subtask group is crucial to pursue agricultural intelligence on smugglin...