Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, isa nang ganap na batas;

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Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, isa nang ganap na batas;   Epekto ng agricultural smuggling sa buhay ng bawat Pilipino, inilatag  For more news, visit:  ►https://www.ptvnews.ph/  Subscribe to our DailyMotion Channel: ►http://www.dailymotion.com/peoples-television-incorporated  Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ►http://www.youtube.com/ptvphilippines  Like our Facebook pages: ►PTV: http://facebook.com/PTVph  ►Rise and Shine Pilipinas: https://www.facebook.com/riseandshinepilipinas  Follow us on Twitter:  ►http://twitter.com/PTVph  Follow us on Instagram: ►https://www.instagram.com/ptvph  Watch our livestream on:  ►http://ptvnews.ph/livestream/ ►https://www.dailymotion.com/PTVPhilippines  Watch our News Programs, every Mondays to Fridays  Rise and Shine Pilipinas - 6:00 - 8:00 am Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon - 12:00 - 1:00 pm Sentro Balita - 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Ulat Bayan - 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PTV News Tonight -  9:30 pm - 10:30 pm  Saturday & Sunday: ►Ulat Bayan Weekend - 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm

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00:00The world is shrinking behind the agricultural smuggling and hoarding.

00:04This is after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. passed a law,

00:08the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act,

00:11which will impose a heavier punishment on those who violate the law.

00:17Claycel Pardilla has the details.

00:22President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. passed a law,

00:26the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act,

00:29which will impose a heavier punishment on those who violate the law.

00:34Local farmers, fishermen, and consumers should be protected

00:38against the smuggling or illegal import of agricultural products.

00:43Supply or lobbies are being tied up in times of crisis

00:48and cartels are manipulating the supply and price of products.

00:52Under this law, smuggling, hoarding, profiteering, and cartel operations

00:58involving agricultural and fishery products

01:02will now be classified as economic sabotage.

01:06A non-bailable offense punishable by life imprisonment

01:09and fines up to five times the value of the goods involved.

01:14In 2023, P3 billion was lost due to agricultural smuggling.

01:20P230 million was lost due to smuggled agricultural products

01:25in the past six months.

01:27There is no shortage of smuggled products,

01:31which is why the government is not only losing money

01:34from those who do not collect the smuggled goods,

01:36but local farmers and fishermen are also being targeted

01:40for not being able to compete with cheap but illegal products.

01:45There is also a risk to the health of people

01:47due to the lack of sanitary permits.

01:50Every sack of smuggled rice,

01:53every under-the-table onion deal,

01:56every substandard meat sneaking past the quarantine checks,

02:00these are not just numbers.

02:02They represent lives, families, and futures that are being compromised.

02:07These crimes threaten not only our economy,

02:10but our national security as well.

02:13It jeopardizes the livelihood of hard-working Filipino farmers and fisherfolk,

02:18and it threatens the food sustainability of our communities.

02:28This law does not just target the masterminds.

02:31It holds all accomplices accountable,

02:34financiers, brokers, employees, even transporters.

02:38We are establishing the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Council,

02:42which I will chair.

03:12Secretary Francisco T. Laurel, Jr.

03:15We will work harder to catch these smugglers.

03:20We hope that you will be afraid to do illegal smuggling

03:27because this is non-bailable if you get caught.

03:30If they get caught, we will catch all of you.

03:33Meanwhile, two members of Congress ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee Report

03:39of Senate and House Bill that amends the Rice Tarification Law.

03:43This will increase the production of rice,

03:46increase the income of farmers,

03:48while lowering the price of rice.

03:51The RCEF's Visa or Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund,

03:56which will end in 2024,

03:58will increase the RCEF to P30 billion

04:01from the current P10 billion

04:04for the distribution of free rice, machinery,

04:07for the cultivation and lending to farmers.

04:10This is the right version.

04:13It's good that every year,

04:15the President and the DA will study

04:20what they can do with the excess.

04:22If we have P30 billion to collect,

04:25P15 billion,

04:26it will be based on a menu.

04:28What our farmers and our industry need.

04:34It's good that the President will decide

04:39where this allocation will be every year.

04:41The Bicameral Conference Committee Report of the Department of Agriculture

04:46that responds to the lack of rice supply

04:49or the high prices in the market.

04:52We can trigger a call for importation

04:57in case we see spikes or hoarding.

05:00I don't think there will be a shortage.

05:03I think it's more for lowering prices.

05:06The DA can intervene through that new law.

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