snoop1130 35992 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 The Department of Agriculture announced on Monday its plan to import 22,000 metric tons of onion as prices zoomed in the past two months. STAR / File MANILA, Philippines — Ombudsman Samuel Martires said Wednesday that his office’s investigation into the purchase of onions by the Department of Agriculture and Food Terminal Inc. from a Nueva Ecija cooperative will look into the possibility that there was collusion between government officials and the private sector. “We will check if there was collusion, direct conspiracy, between some officials of the Department of Agriculture and the private sector,” Martires said partly in Filipino on DZBB. “We need to wait for the explanation of FTI. Why did they purchase onions from this cooperative? What other cooperatives bidded?” he said. Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/01/11/2236868/ombudsman-probe-look-possible-conspiracy-da-fti-onion-purchase -- © Copyright Philstar 2023-01-11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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