The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced that the National Price Coordinating Council is set to declare a food security emergency within the
The Department of Trade and Industry announced that the National Price Coordinating Council is set to declare a food security emergency within the next two days.DTI Assistant Secretary Agaton Uvero clarified that the delay in the declaration stemmed from the need to finalize the wording of the declaration, a standard procedure for such announcements.
The National Food Authority reported having 761,207 bags of rice in stock, with 300,000 bags considered aging. Representative Arnan Panaligan of Oriental Mindoro urged the Department of Agriculture to review its legal powers to address the rice crisis more effectively. He emphasized that the DA possesses ample authority to tackle the issue and encouraged the department to be creative and aggressive in utilizing its resources.
This came after the legislators, in the course of the fifth hearing of the mega panel on the high prices of rice and other food items, called out agency officials for their failure to submit a draft of a food security emergency declaration more than a week after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. announced he favored such a pronouncement.
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