The Senate and the House of Representatives are currently harmonizing their respective versions of the proposed Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, a leader of the House of Representatives said. House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman Wilfrido Mark Enverga said a pre-bicameral conference has already taken place, where concerns were raised regarding…
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the measure strengthening the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act by imposing the penalty of life imprisonment on smugglers of agricultural products. With 289 affirmative votes, lawmakers passed late Tuesday House Bill (HB) 9284, or the Anti-Agri-fishery Commodities and Tobacco Economic Sabotage Act of 2023, which has
The bill's passage in the House comes against the backdrop of a government that blames cartels and hoarders for the steep increases in the prices of key agricultural commodities over the past year