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(Photo courtesy of League of Associations at the La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post Facebook) MANILA - The Senate will try to wrap up the proceedings on Tuesday afternoon regarding the alleged smuggling of agricultural products. Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Monday they will validate from the resource persons an intelligence report containing the names behind the alleged smuggling. "This is the third hearing already and we would like to come up with a committee report as soon as possible. Even while we campaign, we're trying to squeeze time for this is part of our job and so that the Ombudsman can look into the matters at hand," the vice presidential candidate said during the Kapihan ng Samahang Plaridel at The Manila Hotel also attended by his running mate, Senator Panfilo Lacson. Sotto said they will invoke parliamentary immunity in case they are fed with the wrong names. Lacson said they encounter issues about the agricultural sector when they visit different ....
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda (File photo) MANILA - The House Ways and Means Committee is eyeing to propose amendments to the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act to boost the government's fight against agricultural smuggling in the country and protect the livelihood of local farmers. Albay Representative Joey Salceda said the House panel has been focused on working with the agencies to revise administrative issuances and policies, as well as creating the necessary legislative pressure to strengthen ongoing anti-smuggling efforts. "I will constitute a Technical Working Group on possible recommendations that we can turn over to the next administration, particularly on amendments to the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act," Salceda said in a message to reporters on Tuesday. The committee, he said, would also finalize a joint memorandum circular between the agencies to strengthen anti agricultural smuggling measures. He noted that they would hold another House hearing with the Bu ....
SENATE PROBE. Senate President Vicente Sotto III asks questions during the Senate Committee of the Whole hearing on the smuggled agricultural products on Monday (March 28, 2022). Bureau of Customs Assistant Commissioner Vincent Maronilla and Agriculture Assistant Secretary Federico Laciste Jr. attended the second hearing. (Screengrab from Senate hearing) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) agreed that digitalization of their system would boost the government's fight against the smuggling of agricultural products in the country. This, after Senate President Vicente Sotto III during the Senate Committee of the Whole public hearing on Monday noticed inconsistencies in the government's records of imported agricultural products. "To make things worse, efforts made on contacting some of the operations against smugglers were put to naught as cases have not yet been filed. What are the BOC and DA doing about these inconsistencies?," Sot ....