Importers are batting for the extension of Executive Order 171 to counter the continuing adverse impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on consumer prices, but local producers strongly opposed the petition stressing the reduced import tariff did not benefit consumers and it is time to protect local agricu
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The spokesman of Filipino farmers, Ka Rene Cerilla of PAKISAMA, lamented that farmers are never consulted, much less invited to significant policy-making meetings. He was one of the panelist-reactors at the “21st Jaime V. Ongpin memorial lecture on Public Service in Business and Governm