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                    [Summary] => Food manufacturers intending to become members of  the  Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization Inc. (Philfoodex) will have to   acquire the approval of  the Bureau of  Food and Drugs (BFAD)  before being duly-certified as a member of the organization.


Newly-elected Philfoodex president Roberto Amores said  a BFAD seal on company members‚ products assures the overseas markets that their products comply with the highest food safety and quarantine standards.


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                    [Title] => Guard kills boy in fight for gun
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The boy was hit in the abdomen with a single bullet from the 12-gauge shotgun and did not make it alive to the hospital. 


The guard, Albert Quirit, surrendered to the Mandaue City police after the incident, claiming the shooting was an accident.


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                    [Title] => Conversion of agri competitiveness fund into a mutual fund proposed
                    [Summary] => The National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC) is pushing for the conversion of the largely unutilized Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) into a mutual fund to ensure the fund is channeled directly to intended beneficiaries.


At the same time,  NAFC, composed of  representatives from the Department of Agriculture (DA) and agribusiness leaders of  the private sector, is urging  the department to  refile in the new Congress a bill that seeks to extend to 10 years or until 2015, the life span of ACEF. 


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                    [Title] => Reg’l agri councils buck transfer of P1B from ACEF to Quedancor
                    [Summary] => Leaders of private sector-led Regional Agricultural and Fishery Councils (RAFC) are opposing the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) decision to endorse the transfer of P1 billion from the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) to the Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor). 


At the recent RAFC summit meet, leaders raised questions on the appropriateness of the DA’s move to channel a huge chunk of the highly unutilized P5.1 billion ACEF to Quedancor this year.


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                    [Title] => Conversion of P5.1-B ACEF into a revolving fund pushed
                    [Summary] => The ad hoc task force on the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) is proposing to convert the  accumulated P5.1-billion fund into a revolving fund to make it easier for intended beneficiaries to avail of  badly-needed financial assistance. 


Converting ACEF into a revolving fund will be a departure from the current system of  remitting  proceeds of  tariff collected from the importation of products covered by the minimum access volume (MAV) mechanism. 


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The boy was hit in the abdomen with a single bullet from the 12-gauge shotgun and did not make it alive to the hospital. 


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Food exporters group sets stricter membership rules

By Rocel Felix | March 28, 2005 - 12:00am

Food manufacturers intending to become members of the Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization Inc. (Philfoodex) will have to acquire the approval of the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) before...

Business

Guard kills boy in fight for gun

March 21, 2005 - 12:00am

CEBU — A 14-year-old boy was killed in Mandaue City when he allegedly grappled for possession of a shotgun belonging to a security guard who reportedly caught him stealing inside the premises of the company...

Nation

Conversion of agri competitiveness fund into a mutual fund proposed

July 15, 2004 - 12:00am

The National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC) is pushing for the conversion of the largely unutilized Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) into a mutual fund to ensure the fund is channeled...

Business

Reg’l agri councils buck transfer of P1B from ACEF to Quedancor

By Rocel Felix | December 19, 2003 - 12:00am

Leaders of private sector-led Regional Agricultural and Fishery Councils (RAFC) are opposing the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) decision to endorse the transfer of P1 billion from the Agricultural Competitiveness...

Business

Conversion of P5.1-B ACEF into a revolving fund pushed

By Rocel Felix | September 24, 2003 - 12:00am

The ad hoc task force on the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) is proposing to convert the accumulated P5.1-billion fund into a revolving fund to make it easier for intended beneficiaries to avail...

Business