Gå ubegrenset med Magzter GOLD
Få ubegrenset tilgang til over 9000 magasiner, aviser og premiumhistorier for bare
Prøve GULL - Gratis
Gov't urged to eliminate rice cartels, smugglers
The Philippine Star
|January 26, 2025
Has anyone who violated our laws against cartels and the smuggling of agricultural and fisheries products ever been punished?
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay posed this question as a challenge to the government to take more aggressive action against individuals and businesses engaged in rice cartels and smuggling to protect the public from price manipulation in the market.
"With all the laws we have when it comes to cartels and profiteering, why is it that no one has been jailed yet? Even smugglers, when caught, are not shown to the public, they're not exposed. They just say they'll blacklist them... But the question is, have we ever seen anyone punished as an example?" she said in Filipino over radio dzBB.
Denne historien er fra January 26, 2025-utgaven av The Philippine Star.
Abonner på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av kuraterte premiumhistorier og over 9000 magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
FLERE HISTORIER FRA The Philippine Star
The Philippine Star
JuanHand partners with PNP to protect borrowers
The Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) and JuanHand, the country’s leading fintech cash lending firm, have forged a partnership to protect Filipinos from scammers.
1 min
January 24, 2026
The Philippine Star
DA expands P20-per-kilo rice rollout in Aklan
The government has expanded the rollout of the P20-per-kilo rice program in Aklan, aiming to bring relief to more vulnerable households and communities amid rising food prices.
1 min
January 24, 2026
The Philippine Star
Novak sees ‘good problem’ for Alex
Alex Eala took an early exit in the Australian Open but the impact she left was recognized by the tennis greats, including former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
1 mins
January 24, 2026
The Philippine Star
DBP donation revives NKTI radiation therapy services
State-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has turned over a new Linear Accelerator (LINAC) machine to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI), enabling the government hospital to restart radiation therapy services that had been suspended since the COVID-19 pandemic.
1 min
January 24, 2026
The Philippine Star
SC sets oral arguments on petitions vs unprogrammed funds
The Supreme Court has set oral arguments on April 8 and April 22 on the four consolidated petitions for certiorari assailing the legality of unprogrammed appropriations and special accounts in the 2024, 2025 and 2026 national budgets.
1 min
January 24, 2026
The Philippine Star
DPWH working to adopt bottom-up budgeting - Dizon
The Department of Public Works and Highways is working to adopt a bottom-up budgeting framework to plan its budget for 2027.
2 mins
January 24, 2026
The Philippine Star
Grok created 3 M sexualized images, research says
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok generated an estimated three million sexualized images of women and children in a matter of days, researchers said on Thursday, revealing the scale of the explicit content that sparked a global outcry.
1 min
January 24, 2026
The Philippine Star
'DO YOU REMEMBER ME?' THE PROBLEM COMES WHEN YOU DON'T
We Filipinos are known to be the most resilient, multi-talented (especially in singing), and one of the happiest people in the world.
4 mins
January 24, 2026
The Philippine Star
Complacent
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) traditionally operates under the radar.
3 mins
January 24, 2026
The Philippine Star
THIS IS WHAT HISTORY IS – A STORY SET IN REALITY, WITH CHARACTERS THAT LIVED AMONG US
Attorney Saul Hofileña Jr.'s Counting Filipinos is a critical examination of how numbers and statistics hold a deeper meaning in shaping the understanding of Philippine history and identity.
7 mins
January 24, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size