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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has named a career official of the National Food Authority as a member of the NFA council and the new NFA administrator, replacing Jason Aquino who had been earlier relieved from office by the Office of the Ombudsman. The President signed the appointment papers of Judy Carol Dansal on June 11. She previously served as the NFA deputy administrator for marketing operations. Dansal’s appointment comes in the midst […]
(Eagle News)–The tariffs on rice importation under the newly signed rice tariffication law will start on March 3, the Department of Finance said on Monday .Feb. 18. In a statement, the DOF said the National Food Authority Council also “approved the transfer of the NFA functions to the Department of Agriculture as provided under the rice tariffication law, effective March 3.” The DOF said the approval was made also on Monday, Feb. 18, during the NFA […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte is mulling appointing a Chinese businessman at the helm of the National Food Authority. “I’m looking for a Chinese who’s been there in the business maybe 20 years,” he said. NFA administrator Jason Aquino has gone on leave. The President had said he would appoint General Rolando Bautista at the helm of the NFA, but changed his mind and said he would appoint him as Social Welfare Secretary instead. The NFA […]
Zamboanga City district collector, Customs Police district commander under preventive suspension (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered an “immediate, thorough” investigation into the disappearance of over 23,000 sacks of smuggled rice. “He was visibly upset..Nagalit talaga si Presidente. It’s incredible. How can you lose sacks of rice?” Roque said in a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 4. According to Roque, based on a report from Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapena, as of 10 a.m., Zamboanga […]
(Eagle News) — Iminumungkahi ni Senador Sherwin Gatchalian na tanggalin na ng National Food Authority (NFA) ang Php 115,000 rice permit fee sa mga supermarket. Ito ay kasunod ng pagtuligsa ng Senador sa plano ng ahensya na patawan ang mga retailer ng karagdagang bayad upang payagang makapagbenta ng murang bigas. Matatandaang una nang sinabi ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) na sa mga darating na panahon ay maaari nang makabili ng NFA rice ang […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday, Sept. 25, said he would file a case against outgoing National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Jason Aquino for “mak(ing) a mess out of the rice market” if no one else does. “He (Aquino) contributed to the problem of inflation. He should be held liable. If no one files, I will,” Roque said in a television interview. For this, Roque cited a report from the Commission on Audit that said […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto on Thursday, Sept. 20, hailed President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to place the National Food Authority under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture anew, noting that this should have been done way earlier. “Bringing the NFA under the control and direction of the DA Secretary is the right move. There should be no two separate orchestras, with a conductor each, when it comes to rice. Para isang kumpas, it […]
(Eagle News) — Pabor si National Food Authority (NFA) Spokesperson Rex Estoperez na ibalik sa Department of Agriculture ang pangangasiwa sa ahensiya. Kasunod ito ng naging desisyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ibalik ang NFA, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) at Fertilizers and Pesticides Authority (FPA) sa pangangasiwa ng DA. Ayon sa opisyal, ang mahalaga sa kaniya ay kung saan maging episyente ang ahensya at karapatan din aniya ito ni Pangulong Duterte. Samantala,ayon sa opisyal sa […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has returned the National Food Authority and two other agencies under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Sept. 19, Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol said apart from the NFA, also returned were the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority, which had been placed under the Office of the President by then-President Benigno Aquino III. The reorganization was made possible by Executive Order […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Bam Aquino on Tuesday, Sept. 18, urged the government to buy the “storm-damaged palay” of farmers affected by Typhoon “Ompong” so they could get back on their feet. In a statement, Aquino urged President Rodrigo Duterte to order the National Food Authority to do the same. He said the NFA, after all, already did this in the past. He said the government can also “use the President’s Social Fund or the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, said he may recommend the abolition of the National Food Authority Council. According to Duterte, he may make the recommendation to Congress. “It has not done any purpose. It only hinders the operation (of the NFA),” Duterte said. According to Duterte, “we need not have four or five” people who will make the decisions. He said “one” was enough. In the same speech, Duterte said […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, said National Food Authority Administrator Jason Aquino has “requested” that he be allowed to step down. “He said he is tired,” Duterte revealed in his tête-à-tête with Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo. According to Duterte, he would “scout for a new one.” Duterte’s revelations came amid an alleged rice shortage in parts of the country.
