Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 23:25:38 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — ’Farmers’ groups doubt whether President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to invest the P100-billion coconut levy fund in a trust fund could provide the money to those who need it the most—the small coconut farmers.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 23:24:40 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Several coconut levy-related measures seeking to create a trust fund to benefit coconut farmers were proposed during the previous Congresses, but these were not enacted into law.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:32:59 +0000
Senatorial candidate Imee Marcos expressed concern that coconut farmers might sink deeper into poverty because copra prices had rendered their main source of livelihood more untenable.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 03:32:58 +0000
Former Deputy Speaker Erin Tañada questioned the move to veto a bill which would have strengthened the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).
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