+ Follow AGRICULTURE UNDERSECRETARY ERNESTO ORDO Tag
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[Title] => DA undersecretary quits
[Summary] => Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez has reportedly resigned from the Arroyo Cabinet but denied he did so out of frustration for not having ever been appointed to the helm.
A dzMM radio report said Ordoñez, Department of Agriculture undersecretary for operations, prefers to directly extend his expertise to organizations of farmers and fishermen instead of staying longer in government service.
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[Title] => Research paves way for entry of RP mangoes to US market
[Summary] => JORDAN, Guimaras — Now it can be said: Research has played a pivotal role in the entry of Philippine mango to the United States market.
Key players in this success story were scientists and institutions that put their collective scientific expertise and resources together to neutralize a pest (fruit fly) that had for years stood as roadblock to the local mango’s penetration into the huge mango market.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-29 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
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[Title] => Gov’t can’t stop vegetable imports, says DA official
[Summary] => Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez told the Senate committee on agriculture yesterday that there is no way the government could stop the importation of vegetables because of its commitments under the World Trade Organization.
"There is no way we could prevent the importation of products once they have been liberalized," Ordoñez told the committee headed by Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-14 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Efren Danao
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[Title] => Veggie farmers to improve production to meet demand
[Summary] => Vegetable growers in Ben—guet and Mt. Province agreed in a recent dialogue with importers and traders to improve their vegetable production to curb the importation of these commodities and revive the industry again.
Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) director Blo Umpar Adiong initiated the dialogue to help highland farmers address the issue of vegetable importation.
Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez, Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo and local government officials of Benguet and Mt. Province also attended the dialogue.
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[Title] => Deportees to get designer clothes
[Summary] => The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will distribute some 50,000 pieces of designer clothes — bearing such labels as Calvin Klein, Marks & Spencer and other posh European brand names — to deportees expelled from Malaysia with little more than the clothes on their backs.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-08 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla
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[Title] => DTI: No plan to restrict Aussie milk imports
[Summary] => The Philippines has no plans to impose any restrictions on imported milk solids from Australia, Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II disclosed yesterday following reports that the country is planning to impose retaliatory measures in response to Australia’s continued refusal to allow the entry of locally grown fresh fruits.
"We do not contemplate depriving ourselves of milk in order to gain access for our fresh fruits to Australia," Roxas said, adding that "we barely have a domestic milk industry."
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-16 00:00:00
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[Title] => DA allots P800-M for El Niño measures
[Summary] => TACLOBAN CITY — The Department of Agriculture has allotted some P800 million to mitigate the effects of the El Niño phenomenon which experts expect will hit the country during the fourth quarter.
Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez though said a "mild" El Niño will hit the country.
"We are quite prepared for it," said Ordoñez, adding that Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Mon—temayor has launched a campaign on water conservation.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-20 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Miriam Garcia Desacada
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[Title] => DA to push ‘truthful’ labeling of ‘GMO foods’
[Summary] => Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez said yesterday they will ensure transparency by requiring manufacturers to inform consumers, through proper labeling, whether their food products have ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
"There should really be truthful labeling of food products as provided for under the law. The people should be informed when the food they eat contain GMOs," Ordoñez said.
He said it is the right of consumers to know if the food they are eating would have a bad effect on their health or not.
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[Title] => Food chains suffer 30% drop in sales
[Summary] => Some operators of fastfood chains have suffered a significant drop in sales in the aftermath of the "mad cow" scare despite repeated assurances from the companies and even government agencies that the beef they use is free from the disease.
"Our sales dropped by 30 percent since the news of mad cow disease broke out. We hope our performance improves later on," said one official of a fastfood chain who recently called on Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-06 00:00:00
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AGRICULTURE UNDERSECRETARY ERNESTO ORDO
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[Title] => DA undersecretary quits
[Summary] => Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez has reportedly resigned from the Arroyo Cabinet but denied he did so out of frustration for not having ever been appointed to the helm.
A dzMM radio report said Ordoñez, Department of Agriculture undersecretary for operations, prefers to directly extend his expertise to organizations of farmers and fishermen instead of staying longer in government service.
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[Title] => Research paves way for entry of RP mangoes to US market
[Summary] => JORDAN, Guimaras — Now it can be said: Research has played a pivotal role in the entry of Philippine mango to the United States market.
Key players in this success story were scientists and institutions that put their collective scientific expertise and resources together to neutralize a pest (fruit fly) that had for years stood as roadblock to the local mango’s penetration into the huge mango market.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-29 00:00:00
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[Title] => Gov’t can’t stop vegetable imports, says DA official
[Summary] => Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez told the Senate committee on agriculture yesterday that there is no way the government could stop the importation of vegetables because of its commitments under the World Trade Organization.
"There is no way we could prevent the importation of products once they have been liberalized," Ordoñez told the committee headed by Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr.
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[Title] => Veggie farmers to improve production to meet demand
[Summary] => Vegetable growers in Ben—guet and Mt. Province agreed in a recent dialogue with importers and traders to improve their vegetable production to curb the importation of these commodities and revive the industry again.
Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) director Blo Umpar Adiong initiated the dialogue to help highland farmers address the issue of vegetable importation.
Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez, Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo and local government officials of Benguet and Mt. Province also attended the dialogue.
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[Title] => Deportees to get designer clothes
[Summary] => The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will distribute some 50,000 pieces of designer clothes — bearing such labels as Calvin Klein, Marks & Spencer and other posh European brand names — to deportees expelled from Malaysia with little more than the clothes on their backs.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-08 00:00:00
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[Title] => DTI: No plan to restrict Aussie milk imports
[Summary] => The Philippines has no plans to impose any restrictions on imported milk solids from Australia, Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II disclosed yesterday following reports that the country is planning to impose retaliatory measures in response to Australia’s continued refusal to allow the entry of locally grown fresh fruits.
"We do not contemplate depriving ourselves of milk in order to gain access for our fresh fruits to Australia," Roxas said, adding that "we barely have a domestic milk industry."
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[Title] => DA allots P800-M for El Niño measures
[Summary] => TACLOBAN CITY — The Department of Agriculture has allotted some P800 million to mitigate the effects of the El Niño phenomenon which experts expect will hit the country during the fourth quarter.
Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez though said a "mild" El Niño will hit the country.
"We are quite prepared for it," said Ordoñez, adding that Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Mon—temayor has launched a campaign on water conservation.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[Title] => DA to push ‘truthful’ labeling of ‘GMO foods’
[Summary] => Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez said yesterday they will ensure transparency by requiring manufacturers to inform consumers, through proper labeling, whether their food products have ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
"There should really be truthful labeling of food products as provided for under the law. The people should be informed when the food they eat contain GMOs," Ordoñez said.
He said it is the right of consumers to know if the food they are eating would have a bad effect on their health or not.
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[Title] => Food chains suffer 30% drop in sales
[Summary] => Some operators of fastfood chains have suffered a significant drop in sales in the aftermath of the "mad cow" scare despite repeated assurances from the companies and even government agencies that the beef they use is free from the disease.
"Our sales dropped by 30 percent since the news of mad cow disease broke out. We hope our performance improves later on," said one official of a fastfood chain who recently called on Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto Ordoñez.
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