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Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar: Ang mga magsasaka ay considered din na frontliners. Isa-sangguni din natin sa gobyerno na mabakunahan ang farmers

DA: Itong taon na 'to, nag-decide na ang Tariff management group na hindi muna itaas ang taripa. Sumang-ayon ako na i-maintain muna ang 5%

DA on African Swine Fever: Sa illegal na pork products, doon lagi kami may nasasabat. Maigting talaga ang pag-kompiska

RELATED: The USDA says the Philippines’ pork production is unlikely to recover in 2021 as the African Swine Fever continues to bring down producers’ confidence bit.ly/2X9tX4Q

DA: We are in tandem with BOC sa pag-manman ng lahat ng smuggled items

DA says that they have allocated ₱400 million for the repopulation of the hog industry

Agriculture chief says there are 11 regions that are affected by ASF, including 37 provinces

RELATED: An African swine flu infection was confirmed in two Leyte barangays, agriculture officials said on Friday bit.ly/39FLjw5

Agriculture chief: Itong highland vegetables ay hindi dapat mataas ang presyo

Agriculture chief: Kakasuhan namin yung mga traders na unscrupulous

Agriculture chief: Itong panahon ng pandemya, huwag naman manamantala ang mga nagtitinda ng ornamental plans. Wala pa kaming balak na i-regulate 'yan

DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya on cha-cha: Matagal na pong sinusulong ang pagbabago ng ating Saligang Batas. Ang napagkasunduan ay amyenda na lamang at hindi na rebisyon

DILG Usec. Malaya: Mas makakatulong sa ating bansa kung lalaki ang foreign direct investments sa ating bansa

DILG Usec. Malaya says LGUs support the amendment of the constitution: Kung pag-uusapan ang amyenda lamang... umikot ang DILG sa 72 provinces. Napakalakas ng suporta ng ating mga kababayan. Nakakalap kami ng lagpas sa kalahating milyong pirma

DILG Usec. Malaya on the gathered signatures supporting charter change: Pwede itong i-confirm ng mga mambabatas

DILG Usec. Malaya: Kung papalitan ang buong Saligang Batas, wala ng oras. Pero amyenda lamang ito

DILG Usec. Malaya: Itong maliit na pagbabago na ito in certain sections of Article XII, mayroon pa tayong oras

DILG Usec. Malaya: Ang gagawin na lang ay bantayan nang maigi ang wording ng resolution. Economic amendments at walang political amendments

DILG Usec. Malaya on the criticism of the timing of cha-cha: Laging issue dito ang timing. Bakit daw laging sa dulo isinusulong ito

DILG Usec. Malaya says the economy has to recovery due to the pandemic: Ang layunin ng ating sinusulong ay mabuksan ang ating ekonomiya

DILG Usec. Malaya: There is no better time than now and there is no bad timing to a good idea

DILG Usec. Malaya says there is no amendments regarding the party-list system

DILG Usec. Malaya on the rehiring of contact tracers: 15,000 lang po ang pwede namin ma-rehire dahil ang nabigay na budget ay ₱500 million lamang this year

DILG Usec. Malaya: Mag fo-focus yung contact tracers sa mga high risk areas na mataas ang attack rates

DILG Usec. Malaya on vaccine procurement: Ang LGUs simply ay augmentation ng procurement of the national government

DILG Usec. Malaya: The LGUs are free to negotiate with any pharmaceutical company. Ang pakiusap lang namin ay bago mag-pirmahan, dapat coordinated particularly with vaccine czar Carlito Galvez

DILG Usec. Malaya announces that their road clearing program has been extended: May one week extensions ang lahat ng LGUs

BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim: Marami ang nagawa naming programs especially during the COVID pandemic. However, karamihan sa programa namin ay nakalatag sa 2021. Ang naging task namin nung 2020 ay to restructure the government

BARMM chief minister on amending the Bangsamoro Organic Law: Maganda ang pag-uusap namin sa Kongreso. Lahat naman sila very supportive. Hindi kayang gawin ng three years lang. Kailangan mag-extend tayo

BARMM chief minister on MIF combatants: Ang target natin i-decomission is 40,000

BARMM chief minister: Ang budget namin for 2021 ay ₱68 billion