Tag: Jun Evasco

Jacinto, Evasco back in government as presidential advisers

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed businessman RJ Jacinto as his telecommunications adviser. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said also back in government was Leoncio Evasco Jr., who will now assume the post of presidential adviser on streamlining of government processes. The President signed Jacinto’s appointment paper on Nov. 25, while Evasco’s paper was signed a day before. According to Roque, the Palace was “confident” that Jacinto would “ably and effectively discharge his duties […]

Continue Reading →

Evasco “no longer part of NFA Council” — Roque

(Eagle News) — Cabinet Secretary Jun Evasco Jr. is “no longer part of” the National Food Authority Council. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement on Tuesday, April 17. According to Roque, this was after President Rodrigo Duterte himself decided that the NFA would be “under the (Department of Agriculture) anew.” Apart from the NFA, the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority are back under the DA, Roque said. He added the […]

Continue Reading →

Alvarez: NFA Council no longer needed

(Eagle News)–For Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, the National Food Authority Council is no longer needed. In a radio interview on Sunday, Alvarez said there was, after all, an NFA administrator who could oversee the country’s rice situation. “Pag ginawa niya ng maayos trabaho niya, siguro naman walang problema,” he said. Alvarez made the pronouncement after Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered the NFA Council abolished in a meeting with rice traders on […]

Continue Reading →

Duterte to NFA chief: Push through with rice importation

(Eagle News)– “Ignore” the National Food Authority Council and push through with rice importation. This was the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte to NFA administrator Jason Aquino, who has been at loggerheads with the policymaking body of the NFA over how to import the rice. The President said in a speech on Thursday, April 6, that he gave such a directive  to assuage the public’s fears of a rice shortage. The NFA has said there […]

Continue Reading →

Piñol: Duterte ordered NFA Council abolition

Duterte also asked  traders to bring down price of rice sold in market, source says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the abolition of the National Food Authority Council. Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said in a radio interview on Friday that the President gave the order in a meeting with rice traders on Thursday. According to Piñol, the NFA and other agencies that have to do with agriculture will be transferred to the […]

Continue Reading →

Evasco says Duterte to meet rice traders; slams NFA management for statements that “create panic”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet rice traders on Thursday. National Food Authority Council Chair Jun Evasco made the revelation during a press conference in Malacanang, where he also called out the NFA management for allegedly creating an “artificial shortage” with their statements about zero buffer NFA stocks. “The reaction to the statement(s) would eventually make traders withdraw the rice to speculate on the higher price of rice at the expense of […]

Continue Reading →