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DA sets P120/kg cap on onion prices to curb profiteering

The Department of Agriculture (DA) will enforce a P120-per-kilo suggested retail price (SRP) for both red and white onions starting Dec. 1, in a...

Cops seize smuggled goods in Manila market

Police seized nearly P2 million worth of smuggled onions and counterfeit cigarettes in separate operations in Quiapo, Manila, this week. PNP Highway Patrol Group...

Smuggled onions

Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. says the agency is ramping up its anti-smuggling campaign—particularly targeting onions—with the support of the...

Onions can make people cry

Isn’t it amazing that these workers with tons of onions around them do not shed even a teardrop?

Imee criticizes DA plan to import onions

Senator Imee Marcos criticized the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) plan to import 4,000 metric tons of onions during the harvest season. She questioned the timing...

Onions

A laborer unloads a sack of onions from a truck at a wholesale market on the outskirts of Amritsar.

DA assures stable onion supply in time for the holidays

The Department of Agriculture (DA) gave public assurances Tuesday that there will be a steady supply of yellow onions as the holiday season approaches.  Agriculture...

Gov’t insists onions in Cagayan de Oro markets are from Luzon, not smuggled from Holland

THE Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), on Saturday, maintained that onions sold at Cagayan de Oro markets are locally-sourced from Luzon and not smuggled...

Ready for the market

A worker arranges newly delivered red and white onions from Bongabon, Nueva Ecija in a market in Western Bicutan Taguig City. The wholesale price...

DA suspends onion importation as spice floods domestic market

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. has temporarily suspended the importation of onions until May 2024 amid oversupply that weighed down the price of...

Four tips for growing spring onions

Spring onions are sweeter and have a mellower taste than regular onions, but the greens are more intense in flavor than scallions. It’s rich...

21k tons of onions to offset holiday shortage—bureau

The Philippines will be sourcing 21,000 metric tons (MT) of imported onions from China, India and the Netherlands to offset a looming shortage of...

NBI seeks indictment of 6 persons for hoarding onions, profiteering

The Department of Justice on Monday said the National Bureau of Investigation has sought the filing of charges of hoarding and profiteering against sick persons,...

Onions go straight to retailers via gov’t contract farming program

The government has rolled out its contract farming program for agricultural products, in particular onions, to improve farmers’ access to markets and achieve fair...
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