5 senators file reso urging Malacañang to withdraw EO reducing rice tariff to 35% By HANA BORDEY, GMA News
Published May 19, 2021 6:14pm Five senators on Wednesday filed a resolution urging Malacañang to withdraw Executive Order 135 which reduces the rice tariff from 40%-50% to 35% for one year. Under Senate Resolution 726, Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, Senators Nancy Binay, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros, and Francis Pangilinan said there is “no reasonable and sufficient basis to reduce the tariff rates on rice and it will only cause more burden to our local rice farmers, further increase our import dependency, and cost the government millions in foregone revenues.”
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Published May 14, 2021, 3:40 PM
The country’s food producers – farmers, fishermen, and livestock raisers – are now facing the worst crisis in years.
This was declared by United Broiler Raisers’ Association (UBRA) President Bong Inciong during the Farmers and Fisherfolks Congress on Friday. According to Inciong, the country’s food producers are now experiencing the worst crisis in years amid the pandemic due to several factors, such as “decades of government neglect, the prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic, and pro-importation policies of the government.”
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“We are now paying the price for the long-term neglect of the sector. The economy and our people would not be as badly hit if agri-fisheries were in a better place [prior to the pandemic],” Inciong said.
Several groups have decided to boycott the government’s upcoming National Food Security Summit, which they believe will not be able to address the problems currently hounding the agriculture sector.
At the same time, these groups are questioning the line-up of resource speakers in the summit
Published May 3, 2021, 3:49 PM
Hog raisers and agriculture stakeholders have thrown their support for the adoption of House Joint Resolution No. 37 calling for the termination of Executive Order No. 128 issued by President Duterte to temkporarily reduce import tariffs on pork.
At least 15 House members have signed HJR 37 but authors representing the Makabayan bloc expect more congressmen to support its adoption.
Hog raisers and agriculture stakeholders issued a statement on the issue which they submitted to the Lower House and the Senate.
In the statement, they urged legislators to “repeal EO 128” and recall the move to increase by 350,000 metric tons the Minimum Access Volume on pork.