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"We have an opportunity to discuss the coco levy case, how it was collected, how it was disposed, whether there has been accounting or audit of these funds," Yap told reporters yesterday.


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Valbuena opposed the P8.4-billion proposed project because of its huge funding requirement and said the land being eyed for the project in Agusan del Sur was unsuitable.


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                    [Summary] => Evangeline Valbuena was dismissed as Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) administrator for her failure to "satisfactorily perform her job," Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said yesterday.


Speaking at the Kapihan sa Manila Hotel, Yap told reporters Valbuena was replaced not because she opposes the P8.4-billion Agusan Reserve Area Development Project, as she had suggested to the media.


"I think the question of wanting her out should be segregated (from) the issue," he said.


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"A speedy probe would dispel the false allegations on the project" hurled by resigned Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) administrator Evangeline Valbuena, who quit her post last Thursday after expressing opposition to the project, Yap said.


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Unconfirmed reports stated yesterday that Malacañang has ousted Valbuena from her post. 


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At the Senate, the committee chairman of agriculture and food, Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr. filed a resolution yesterday calling for an inquiry into reports that P8.4 billion of the coco levy fund was allocated for the Agusan Reserve Area Development Project, allegedly being pushed by Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap.


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DA chief sees silver lining in P8.4-B Agusan coco project case

By Marvin Sy | April 27, 2005 - 12:00am

An optimistic Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap declared the controversy surrounding the Agusan del Sur coconut plantation project "was a blessing in disguise" since it helped to reveal the status of the...

Headlines

‘Resigned PCA chief a spinner and weaver of tales’

By Marvin Sy | April 20, 2005 - 12:00am

Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap described resigned Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) chief Evangeline Valbuena yesterday as a "spinner and weaver of tales" during a Senate inquiry into the proposed coconut...

Headlines

‘PCA chief’s performance doomed her’

April 19, 2005 - 12:00am

Evangeline Valbuena was dismissed as Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) administrator for her failure to "satisfactorily perform her job," Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said yesterday. Speaking at the...

Headlines

Wala naman halos niyog sa Agusan

By Jarius Bondoc | April 19, 2005 - 12:00am

BAKIT nga ba ibubuhos ang P8.4 bilyon ng coconut levy funds – halos 10% ng kabuuang kinupit ni Marcos sa mga magsasaka – sa probinsiya lang ng Agusan del Sur? Talagang papalag ang 67 na iba pang probinsiyang...

PSN Opinyon

DA chief welcomes Congress probe

April 17, 2005 - 12:00am

Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap welcomes a congressional inquiry into a huge government coconut-planting project in Agusan del Sur. "A speedy probe would dispel the false allegations on the project" hurled...

Headlines

Yap raps Valbuena on PCA leadership issue

By Rocel Felix | April 15, 2005 - 12:00am

Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap rapped yesterday Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Administrator Evangeline Valbuena for insinuating that talks of a possible change in the agency’s leadership were linked...

Business

Probe on P9.7-B coco levy sought

By Marvin Sy | April 13, 2005 - 12:00am

Lawmakers have called for an investigation into the alleged irregular use of the P9.7-billion coconut levy fund for a single big-ticket project. At the Senate, the committee chairman of agriculture and food, Sen....

Headlines