(File photo) MANILA - The Department of the Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday urged the House of Representatives to pass a bill institutionalizing the interagency Sub Task Group on Economic Intelligence (STGEI) to go after profiteers, price manipulators, hoarders and smugglers. During the House Committee on Agriculture and Food's hearing on the perennial problem of agricultural commodity smuggling in the country, DTI Undersecretary Ruth Castelo and DA Secretary William Dar said the subtask group is crucial to pursue agricultural intelligence on smuggling. The subtask group consists of the DA, in collaboration with the DTI and other related government agencies. However, Dar and Castelo pointed out that the subtask group is only temporary with insufficient personnel and funding. "This started last year when we created the IATF (Inter Agency Task Force) on Food Security and the establishment of this STGEI is part of it. The [STGEI] has no regu