150,000 bags ng NFA rice, posibleng naibenta sa pinaborang trader ayon sa House Committee | 24 Oras - video Dailymotion

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Kasunod ng utos ng pangulo na busisiin kung paano umanong naibenta ng palugi ng NFA ang mga bigas sa ilang pinaborang trader, nag-iimbestiga na rin ang isang komite sa Kamara. Paliwanag ng isa sa 100 nasuspinde dahil sa isyu... sumunod sila sa patakarang dati na raw ginagawa.   24 Oras is GMA Network’s flagship newscast, anchored by Mel Tiangco, Vicky Morales and Emil Sumangil. It airs on GMA-7 Mondays to Fridays at 6:30 PM (PHL Time) and on weekends at 5:30 PM. For more videos from 24 Oras, visit http://www.gmanews.tv/24oras.  #GMAIntegratedNews #KapusoStream  Breaking news and stories from the Philippines and abroad: GMA Integrated News Portal: http://www.gmanews.tv Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gmanews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gmanews Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmanews Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gmanews  GMA Network Kapuso programs on GMA Pinoy TV: https://gmapinoytv.com/subscribe

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00:00 Following the President's order to investigate how the NFA's currency was sold,

00:05 the rice that was stolen by their traders,

00:08 a committee is also investigating in the camera.

00:11 One of the 100 suspended due to the issue was explained,

00:14 they followed the old rules.

00:18 Bernadette Reyes was on the spot.

00:20 So we have taken the safe measure of suspending

00:28 all of those who have been shown to may have been involved

00:33 in any of these wrongdoings.

00:37 The President has already investigated the NFA's rules

00:41 following the suspension of more than 100 officials

00:44 who were involved in the theft of rice sold by their traders.

00:50 The President wants to know how this was done

00:53 without board approval and approval from the Agriculture Department and the Cabinet.

00:58 In the camera, the Motu Propio in Corinang House Committee on Agriculture and Food started.

01:03 November, December, the House leadership is looking for cheap rice

01:11 because people are hungry, rice is very expensive,

01:14 those hours are up to 6 cents, you have rice like that?

01:19 Why didn't you just sell it?

01:24 You did not do your job, Mr. Chair, he did not do his job as NFA.

01:29 He really has a plan to do hocus-pocus.

01:33 According to the House Committee on Agriculture and Food,

01:35 there are documents showing that instead of 75,000 bags of rice,

01:40 150,000 bags of rice were sold by the NFA.

01:44 The government lost more than P107 million pesos in the price of the bad industrial agriculture

01:50 because it was sold for P25 per kilo instead of P39 per kilo to recover the expenses.

01:57 The complainant said that the bidding process did not go through.

02:02 If there is no public bidding, the disposition of this stock should be approved by the council

02:11 because only the council has the right to sell the property of the NFA including the rice.

02:21 This is against the Government Procurement Reform Act according to a deputy majority leader.

02:27 But the Commission on Audit Okowa said that this is not a lawful way to sell rice

02:33 because it is not procurement if not disposal.

02:37 The suspended NFA administrator also said that the bidding process for the Okowa Circular 1989-296

02:46 did not go through so the following administrators did not bid.

02:50 The complainant said that the rice should be sold as a sizzling buffer stock

02:55 for three months after being ground so that it can be safe to eat.

03:00 We follow the existing rules and regulations.

03:03 We exercise due diligence to make sure that this will be judiciously managed.

03:11 Even so, it is still hard to hear why it was sold to two private traders

03:16 instead of being allocated to government agencies that need rice

03:20 like the Bureau of Correction, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, and Social Welfare Department.

03:26 So from 1,250 to 2,250 per sack of rice.

03:34 A trader who bought the rice said that they made a good transaction.

03:39 I believe everything is done in due process.

03:42 But they are not yet getting the rice from the NFA warehouse.

03:46 The NFA Council is still studying if the money can be sold to the NFA buyers.

03:52 For GMA Integrated News, Bernadette Reyes, Nakatuto, 24 Horas.

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150,000 bags ng NFA rice, posibleng naibenta sa pinaborang trader ayon sa House Committee | 24 Oras

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