00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was the first one to distribute the fished mackerel to the authorities which is worth P178 million pesos.
00:11The 100 families in Baseco Compound in Manila received 2 kilos of mackerel.
00:18The President insisted that the government should be more vigilant in order to avoid smuggling of products.
00:26And if this kind of incident happens again, that any product or agricultural products can be fished,
00:34it will surely reach the people.
00:38President Marcos gave a directive to the relevant agencies of the government
00:43to enforce the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act.
00:48Especially the smugglers who are destroying the market in the Philippines.
00:53Aside from Baseco Compound, frozen mackerel is also being distributed to various LGUs in the National Capital Region.
01:01What they are doing is they are smuggling it in and then closing it.
01:06It will not come out.
01:08They will wait until the price goes up.
01:10If the price goes up, they will buy it.
01:13That is what we are avoiding because the victims are the people,
01:18we will not allow this kind of system to continue.
01:26This is the whole chain that we need to break.
01:33This is the first case under the new law of the Anti-Agricultural Sabotage Act.
01:44I've spoken to our Bureau of Customs, I've spoken to the Department of Agriculture.
01:52We have to keep going. We need to strengthen this.
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