The House Murang Pagkain SuperCommittee, also called QuintaComm, will be pivoting to hearings for solutions to high power costs once session resumes, its presiding co-Chair Joey Sarte Salceda said. Salceda released the following statement on the actions to be taken by the panel: The Speaker, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, has issued instructions to go after […]
Read MoreHouse QuintaComm CoChair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district) warned supermarkets and big retailers of rice that the five-committee House panel on cheaper food prices will be looking into the possible price manipulation and profiteering at the big retailer level. Salceda released the following statement on the subject: “I am warning supermarkets and big groceries. […]
Read MoreHouse Murang Pagkain Supercommittee Co-Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district), who presides over the QuintaComm’s hearings, released the following statement regarding the DA’s role in reducing rice prices: The DA’s perennial retort that they are powerless to stop abuse in the rice market will no longer do. It gives license to price manipulators to […]
Read MoreHouse Ways and Means Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay 2nd District) has asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue to look into the filings and tax payments of top rice importers, following allegations of profiteering in the domestic rice trade. “Congress cannot request tax filings. They are protected by Section 270 of the Tax Code. But […]
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