In the hearings being conducted by the House agriculture committee to investigate why the prices of onions have skyrocketed in recent months, a businesswoman has taken the spotlight. READ:
from March that year from the Department Agriculture identified her as chairperson of the National Onion Action Team , a special body created by the DA that makes recommendations to the Bureau of Plant Industry on the volume of allowable imports.with the House identifying her as the “sole importer of garlic and onion in the country” who was popular within the Bureau of Customs.
She also disputed accusations that her drivers, helpers, and clerks owned companies that were issued import permits by the DA-BPI.Eventually, Cruz was dragged into the controversy surrounding the staggering spike in garlic prices in the Philippine market in mid-2014.
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