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(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he is considering filing malversation and graft charges against former National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Jason Aquino, citing his failure to use the P5.1 billion subsidy in buying rice from local farmers to boost the NFA’s rice buffer stock. “Kung walang magpa-file, ako mismo ang magpa-file. At hindi lang for technical malversation, fa-file-lan ko rin siya ng graft (If no one will file, I myself will […]
(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) — 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) – The Philippine government ordered the release of some 4.6 million bags of rice from the warehouses of the National Food Authority to retailers in public markets as well as in grocery stores as part of its immediate measures to address food supply issues. This was revealed by the government’s economic managers who assured the public that there would be adequate food supply in the country as vegetables and other food products, […]
(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 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.
(Eagle News) — The National Food Authority has approved that immediate importation of 133,500 metric tons of rice for the provinces of Zamboanga, Basilan, Sultan Kudarat and Tawi-tawi (Zambasulta). The move was made to mitigate the high prices of rice and to meet the lack of rice supplies in these areas. The NFA said that the first batch of 33,500 tons of imported rice will arrive between September 15 to September 30, while the remaining […]
(Eagle News) — Complaints for technical malversation and graft have been filed against high-ranking officials of the National Food Authority. The complaints filed by Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura against NFA administrator Jason Aquino and Gerry Ambrosio, accounting services department manager, were for their alleged use of P5.1 billion intended as subsidy for its Food and Security Program for other purposes. According to SINAG, based on a Commission on Audit report, of the P5.1 billion, P3.01 billion […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures taken by Eagle News correspondent Rebert Soriao in Legazpi, people are seen lining up to buy National Food Authority rice priced at P32 per kilogram. Each person is only allowed to purchase three kilograms of the cheap rice.
(Eagle News) — Resign. Senator Bam Aquino reiterated this to National Food Authority administrator Jason Aquino and other NFA officials, following the alleged rice crisis in Zamboanga that led to an increase in the prices of the staple food. “Mahiya naman sila (NFA) sa taumbayan at mag-resign na. Dahil sa kanilang kapalpakan, nalulunod ang mga pamilyang Pilipino sa taas ng presyo ng bigas,” the senator said in a statement on Thursday, Aug. 23. Aquino asked the […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The National Food Authority is under fire from some legislators following the alleged rice crisis in Zamboanga that saw a whopping increase in the prices of the staple food. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the NFA as a whole “has become a liability to the government,” noting the drop in its revenues “every year.” He said that from the P29.3 billion it earned in 2016, its earnings dropped to P17.93 […]
