'When I was asked by the President to join DA, I actually hesitated a couple of times. But at the end of the day, I was challenged to do something for the country,' says Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.
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(1st UPDATE) Frabelle Fishing Corporation's Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. donated P30 million to Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s Partido Federal ng Pilipinas in the 2022 elections
(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed fishing tycoon Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. as secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA), relinquishing the Cabinet post he held concurrently since assuming office in June last year.
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