Onion traders in spotlight as Senate probe opens in Nueva Ecija

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija — The Senate committee on agriculture, food, and agrarian reform on Thursday vowed to expose alleged unscrupulous traders manipulating onion prices, as farmers raised concerns during a hearing held at the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) here. The inquiry, presided over by Sen. Francis Pangilinan, gathered municipal agriculture officers and onion growers’ groups, who pointed to unnamed traders allegedly influencing prices by cornering cold storage facilities and pushing for unnecessary onion imports. READ: Senators peel off the issue of conflicting data on onion production Gemma Mateo Tabial, president of Bantay Occi—a provincewide network of around […]... Keep on reading: Onion traders in spotlight as Senate probe opens in Nueva Ecija

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