+ Follow AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT Tag
AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT
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[Title] => House probe on Thai firm perks to continue
[Summary] => The House committees on Food Security and on Agriculture and Food will continue their joint hearing on the alleged preferential treatment and tax incentives given by the Board of Investments to Thai company Charoen Pokphand (CP) Foods Corp. that, according to lawmakers, are detrimental to the local livestock industry.
[DatePublished] => 2013-02-18 09:10:36
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[Title] => Low agri output GMA's biggest failure - Diokno
[Summary] => The inability of the government to increase the production of agricultural products, especially rice, is President Arroyo’s “biggest failure” in her nine years in office, former budget secretary Benjamin Diokno said.
[DatePublished] => 2010-05-03 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097047
[AuthorName] => Jess Diaz
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[Title] => Palace: Nothing to hide on agri fund
[Summary] => Malacañang said yesterday that it has nothing to hide regarding appropriations for the Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) in response to allegations raised by Sen. Panfilo Lacson that P131 billion might have been used by President Arroyo as her pork barrel fund.
[DatePublished] => 2008-12-10 00:00:00
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[Title] => DA prepares measures to cushion impact of EVAT
[Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) is lining up measures to cushion the impact of the expanded Value Added Tax Law (EVAT) which takes effect on Nov. 1.
"We are fast-tracking development programs to accelerate products‚ easy accessibility and to increase productivity in an effort to lessen the impact of the EVAT on the agriculture and fisheries sectors," said Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-20 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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[Title] => RP to get 60,000-MT rice valued at P1.2B under US PL 480 scheme
[Summary] => The country’s rice stocks will be boosted by the approval of a $20-million (P1.2 billion) rice grant under the United States Public Law 480 program.
National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Gregorio Tan Jr. said the grant is good for 60,000 metric tons (MT) of rice, a slight increase from the 57,000-MT rice grant in 2004.
This year’s PL 480 program was signed yesterday by representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture, the NFA and the Department of Finance.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-11 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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[Title] => GMA ’03 SONA: 80% of promises fulfilled
[Summary] => President Arroyo fulfilled 80 percent of the commitments she made in last year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), according to a report released by the House of Representatives over the weekend.
But the "report card" — prepared by the House committee on oversight chaired by Albay Rep. Jose Salceda — gave the Arroyo administration low marks in several major concerns including the reduction of power rates, modernization of the military and police, and construction of new urban rail lines.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => Magsaysay urges farmers to borrow from ACEF fund
[Summary] => Sen. Magsaysay Jr. urged farmers and fishermen to avail themselves of loans from the P2.846-billion agricultural modernization fund intended to help the agriculture and fishery sectors enhance their competitiveness.
Magsaysay said the amount is part of the P5.11-billion collections under the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) accumulated since 1999 and being lent to farmers. Some P2.263 billion from the said collections has already been disbursed to 53 approved regular ACEF projects and 93 approved Sugar-ACEF projects.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-16 00:00:00
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[Title] => Gov’t uniforms will soon be made of native fabrics
[Summary] => It’s official: Government officials and employees will, in the immediate future, wear uniforms made of Philippine tropical fabrics.
This is stipulated in Republic Act 9242 which President Arroyo signed last Feb. 10.
RA 9242, which prescribes the use of Philippine tropical fabrics for uniforms of public officials and employees and for other purposes, is a consolidation of House Bill No. 5977 and Senate Bill No. 2637 which were passed on Nov. 20 and Oct. 27 last year, respectively.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-29 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
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[Title] => Renewing support vows to agri
[Summary] => Thanks to the upcoming national elections, the government is renewing its promises of support to farmers and fishermen. It looks like the Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) or Republic Act 8435 will likely get a new lease on life after Congress recently approved amendments to correct crucial program flows. Now, let’s hope that the President finds time in her busy election schedule to affix her signature to the proposed changes.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-13 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
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[Title] => Congress OKs incentives for agri equipment imports
[Summary] => Congress approved yesterday certain amendments to the Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) including the extension of tax holidays and other incentives to importers of agriculture and fishery machine and equipment until 2015.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-06 00:00:00
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