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(Photo by Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In the joint resolution, the lawmakers also called for the rejection of the Minimum Access Volume (MAG) of pork imports from 54,000 metric tons to 404,000 MTs or an equivalent of 749 percent increase in the current quota. “Tariff reduction and increased MAV of pork imports will further decimate the local pork industry as we know it and will also undermine our local production and food security, as what has happened to the rice industry,” they said. The joint resolution was filed by Representatives Carlos Zarate, Rose Marie Arenas, Jose Christopher Belmonte, Arlene Brosas, Argel Joseph Cabatbat, France Castro, Eufemia Cullamat, Lorenz Defensor, Sarah Jane Elago, Edgar Erice, Ferdinand Gaite, Janette Garin, Rico Gerona, Jonathan Keith Flores, Edcel Lagman, Geraldine Roman, and Noel Villanueva. ....
17 solons seek termination of EO lowering pork import tariffs By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published April 14, 2021 4:32pm Seventeen lawmakers from the House of Representatives filed a joint resolution on Wednesday calling for the termination of President Rodrigo Duterte s Executive Order No. 128, which reduces the tariff rate for pork imports. The resolution was filed by Representatives Carlos Isagani Zarate, Rose Marie Arenas, Jose Christopher Belmonte, Arlene Brosas, Argel Joseph Cabatbat, France Castro, Eufemia Cullamat, Lorenz Defensor, Sarah Elago, Edgar Erice, Ferdinand Gaite, Janette Garin, Rico Geron, Jonathan Keith Flores, Edcel Lagman, Geraldine Roman, and Noel Villanueva. The lawmakers said tariff reduction, as well as the increased minimum access volume of pork imports, would further decimate the local pork industry and it would also undermine the local production and the country s food security. ....
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By CONSUELO MARQUEZ , GMA News Published April 13, 2021 8:37pm Former Health Secretary and current Iloilo Representative Janette Garin on Tuesday speculated that presidential spokesman Harry Roque might have been accommodated in the Philippine General Hospital s (PGH s) presidential suite. This after the Palace official refused to disclose how he was immediately admitted at the hospital despite a shortage of vacancies at health centers due to the COVID-19 surge. Garin added that it was possible President Rodrigo Duterte voluntarily gave his spot at the presidential suite to Roque. Yes, actually ganito, let me make it clear, hindi ko alam kung paano nangyari, (I don t know what happened) because I’m not privy to it. But as former secretary of health, I am aware that there are 2 presidential suites: one in PGH, one at the Philippine Heart Center, Garin told reporters. ....
'Very fishy': Garin laments FDA's move to justify Ivermectin use – Manila Bulletin mb.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mb.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.