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DA to suspend importation of onions pending probe of reported cartel operations

(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture will be suspending the importation of bulb onions, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said on Friday, March 22. According to Piñol, this was pending the results of the investigation of the Philippine Competition Commission and the National Bureau of Investigation into the reported operations of a cartel manipulating the buying price of onions produced locally. It was the DA that asked for the probe following reports trading firms closed […]