Farmers group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) recommended that Senator Imee Marcos be made Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who concurrently sits as Agriculture Secretary, is the senator’s brother.
“Sa tingin natin… si Senator Imee ang pwedeng umupo as secretary of agriculture. And at least yung grupong SINAG nakita talaga yung hard work na pagtulong niya sa agricultural sector,” SINAG president Rosendo So stated in Mav Gonzales’ “24 Oras” report on Saturday.
(In our view, Senator Imee can sit as agriculture secretary. And, so far as Sinag is anxious, we have seen the onerous work she’s put in serving to the agriculture sector.)
According to the report, the senator laughed off the suggestion.
However, she added that the investigation on agricultural smuggling wanted to proceed.
“2016 pa yung batas ng agricultural large scale smuggling sa awa ng Diyos wala pang nakakasuhan at tuloy tuloy na nakukulong. Sana matapos na,” stated Sen. Marcos.
(The regulation on massive scale agriculture smuggling has been round since 2016. By God’s mercy nobody has charged and despatched to jail. Hopefully it will finish.)
The President stated earlier that an agriculture professional would change him because the DA secretary.
Meanwhile, onions have been getting used as fee for gadgets that price P88 and beneath in a retailer in Quezon City.
“Wala po kaming pera pambili ng ano eh. Kaya dito po malaking tulong po ito,” a client stated.
(We haven’t got the cash to make purchases, so we’re right here. It’s a giant assist.)
The collected onions could be delivered to a group pantry.
At the Kamuning Market, the value of crimson onions was P220/kilo, whereas white onions was at P200/kilo.
Meanwhile, onion farmers have been dismayed that the DA didn’t seek the advice of them on the importation of onions.
“Pinapatay kaming local farmers. Supposed to be, kausapin mo muna kami bago sila mag-apruba ng ano ‘yan, import permit,” Onion Farmers Philippines administrator James Ramos stated.
(They’re killing native farmers. Supposed to be, they need to first speak to us earlier than approving import permits.)
DA Assistant Secretary and Deputy Spokesperson Rex Estoperez, nevertheless, refuted this declare.
“Meron naman tayong kinonsulta na mga magsasaka. Hindi naman natin pinapabayaan sila. Unang-una natin priority ang ating mga magsasaka. Pangalawa po ay dapat din nating matugunan ang hinaing ng ating mga consumer,” Estoperez stated.
(We did seek the advice of with farmers. We aren’t leaving them to fend for themselves. Our first precedence are the farmers. Second is we have to repond to the appeals of shoppers.)
The DA stated solely a fraction of the greater than 21,000 metric tons of onions that have been approved for importation had arrived within the nation.
In January, the DA gave the inexperienced gentle for the importation of 21,060 metric tons of onions to fill a provide hole and arrest the continual spike within the value of the commodity out there. — Richa Noriega/DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
