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                    [Title] => Alcala let off the hook in garlic scam, as usual
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Under this agriculture secretary farms declined, and prices of rice, garlic, onions, vegetables, and pork spiked. He’s staying.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1340646 [Title] => Kiko sees true cause of rice price surge [Summary] =>

It’s not price manipulating hoarders, as Alcala insistence makes P-Noy believe, but supply shortage.

 

 

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1296433 [Title] => Big rice mess, due to Alcala, Calayag [Summary] =>

Harvests have dropped; consumption has risen, so have NFA imports. Consumers suffer high prices; farmers are exposed to unhampered rice imports under the WTO and ASEAN.

 

 

 

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1293838 [Title] => NFA sabotaging Phl food security [Summary] =>

Its policies have harmed rice farmers or consumers, and threaten other farm products. It saddles the government with P173-billion debt, and imports rice at overprice.

 

 

 

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Every time an Aquino appointee messes up, Malacañang’s stock message is: ‘The President trusts him.’ Meaning, mess up some more.

 

 

 

 

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The agriculture and food supply chiefs deny knowing David Tan. But documents show they granted him rice import quotas.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1283441 [Title] => ‘Document links DA, NFA chiefs to smuggling’ [Summary] =>

Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and administrator Oscar Calayag of the National Food Authority (NFA) are being implicated in rice smuggling.

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Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Orlan Calayag are facing plunder charges before the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly pocketing P457.2 million from a P4.1-billion rice importation deal with Vietnam eight months ago.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8527/wma8.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1254360 [Title] => DOJ orders probe on overpriced rice imports [Summary] =>

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered an investigation into reported anomalies in the rice importations by the National Food Authority (NFA).

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img542/3133/o3yp.jpg ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Alcala let off the hook in garlic scam, as usual
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Under this agriculture secretary farms declined, and prices of rice, garlic, onions, vegetables, and pork spiked. He’s staying.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1340646 [Title] => Kiko sees true cause of rice price surge [Summary] =>

It’s not price manipulating hoarders, as Alcala insistence makes P-Noy believe, but supply shortage.

 

 

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1296433 [Title] => Big rice mess, due to Alcala, Calayag [Summary] =>

Harvests have dropped; consumption has risen, so have NFA imports. Consumers suffer high prices; farmers are exposed to unhampered rice imports under the WTO and ASEAN.

 

 

 

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1293838 [Title] => NFA sabotaging Phl food security [Summary] =>

Its policies have harmed rice farmers or consumers, and threaten other farm products. It saddles the government with P173-billion debt, and imports rice at overprice.

 

 

 

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1284977 [Title] => Presidential trust: All Alcala has left [Summary] =>

Every time an Aquino appointee messes up, Malacañang’s stock message is: ‘The President trusts him.’ Meaning, mess up some more.

 

 

 

 

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1284133 [Title] => Alcala, Calayag gave import permits to ‘rice smugglers’ [Summary] =>

The agriculture and food supply chiefs deny knowing David Tan. But documents show they granted him rice import quotas.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1283441 [Title] => ‘Document links DA, NFA chiefs to smuggling’ [Summary] =>

Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and administrator Oscar Calayag of the National Food Authority (NFA) are being implicated in rice smuggling.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3179/antwelm.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1268994 [Title] => Alcala, NFA head face P457-M plunder complaint [Summary] =>

Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Orlan Calayag are facing plunder charges before the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly pocketing P457.2 million from a P4.1-billion rice importation deal with Vietnam eight months ago.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8527/wma8.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1254360 [Title] => DOJ orders probe on overpriced rice imports [Summary] =>

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered an investigation into reported anomalies in the rice importations by the National Food Authority (NFA).

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img542/3133/o3yp.jpg ) ) )
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