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Senator Aquino urges gov’t to buy storm-damaged palay from farmers affected by “Ompong”

(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 […]