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                    [Title] => Senate to probe billions of pesos in NFA losses
                    [Summary] => The Senate is set to look into the mounting losses incurred by the National Food Authority (NFA), which have increased by P17 billion in two years.


Sen. Manuel Villar Jr., chairman of the chamber’s committee on finance, expressed concern that the NFA, as a government-owned and -controlled corporation (GOCC), was "losing too much money" from its operations.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316402 [Title] => ‘Palace food program won’t make poor dependent on gov’t’ [Summary] => Malacañang conceded yesterday that Filipinos need jobs that would allow them to earn money to buy food and other necessities and not just subsidized rice and noodles.

In defense of President Arroyo’s food program, Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said it was only meant to temporarily cushion the impact of economic hardships and not designed to make the poor dependent on the government.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316227 [Title] => NFA to import 1.8 M metric tons of rice [Summary] => The National Food Authority (NFA) yesterday announced that it is importing a total of 1.85 million metric tons (MT) of rice this year as it gave assurances of a steady rice supply and prices at its outlets.

NFA Administrator Gregorio Tan said at a press conference in Malacañang that a public bidding was already held for the purchase of 400,000 MT of rice. Tan added that subsequent imports would be made in the succeeding months.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295149 [Title] => More Metro Manila consumers prefer NFA rice [Summary] => Could this be an indicator of hard times?

But more consumers in Metro Manila prefer to buy the cheaper government rice, as sales of the edible grains increased in over 20 major markets in the metropolis last week.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285918 [Title] => Rice allocation ng farmers hiling ibigay ng NFA [Summary] => Hiniling ng mga farmers cooperative sa National Food Authority na ibigay na ang bigas na inilaan sa kanila ng ahensiya bilang tulong sa mga magsasakang nagbebenta ng bigas sa nasabing ahensiya upang lumaki ang stock ng bigas sa bansa.

Sa isang resolusyon na pinirmahan ng mga Provincial Farmers Action Council (PFAC) ng Occidental Mindoro, Palawan, Oriental Mindoro at Eastern Pangasinan at iba pang lalawigan, hiniling nila kay NFA Administrator Gregorio Tan na ibigay na kaagad ang 51,903 kaban ng bigas na ipinangako nito sa mga magsasaka.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 275746 [Title] => NFA sets bidding for 600,000-MT rice imports [Summary] => The National Food Authority (NFA) will hold tenders for 600,000 metric tons of rice in May, bringing the country’s total rice imports so far to 1.48 million metric tons (MT), well over the earlier target of 1.1 million MT.

NFA officials said trading agency will conduct two separate biddings will be held next month for the importation of 200,000 MT and 400,000 MT of rice.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 138250 [Title] => NFA sinabon ni Villar dahil sa pagkabigong malupig ang rice smugglers [Summary] => Sinabon ni Senate President Pro Tempore Manuel Villar ang pamunuan ng National Food Authority (NFA) dahilan sa kawalan nito ng pagnanais na malupig ang rice smugglers sa bansa.

Ito ay matapos na aminin ni NFA Administrator Gregorio Tan na malaki ang posibilidad na nagagamit ang kanyang tanggapan sa pamamagitan ng recycling ng mga permits na siyang ipinapalabas ng tanggapan.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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