The House Committee on Agriculture and Food will make efforts to identify government officials who were in collusion with the cartel that hoarded the onion supply, resulting in the price surge in late 2022.
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food is considering a legislation that will safeguard farmers from unfair farm gate prices imposed by exploitative traders.
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food on Thursday approved the proposal aimed at revitalizing the local salt industry.
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food lifted the contempt order against two officials of a cold storage company who initially failed to give satisfying answers during the probe on onion price manipulation.
Members of the Makabayan bloc have jointly filed a resolution seeking a congressional investigation on the alleged state-sponsored smuggling of sugar.
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food on Tuesday cited in contempt two officials of a storage facility for allegedly not telling the truth.
A number of individuals summoned by the House Committee on Agriculture and Food were unable to attend the investigation on the recent onion hoarding due to supposed illness.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez vowed to send to jail any resource person who will not tell the truth in the House Committee on Agriculture and Food probe on the high prices of onion and other agricultural products.
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food has lifted the contempt order issued against three officials of a storage facility after promising to cooperate with the lawmakers.
Two officials of a storage facility, who were earlier cited in contempt by the House Committee on Agriculture and Food, have surrendered and are now detained at the House of Representatives premises.
