Speaker Romualdez urges gov’t to form ‘mega task force’ to go after price manipulators, greedy traders

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00:00The House Quad Committee has the police colonel cited in contempt in house detention

00:04After weeks of evading summons to appear in the hearings

00:08Meanwhile House Speaker Martin Romualdus and a number of Solans have priced

00:13Gougers and unscrupulous merchants running the rice cartels in their crosshairs our medalist Morris fills us in with the rest

00:21To

00:24Further lower the price of rice in the market House Speaker Martin Romualdus has urged the government to form a mega task force to

00:31Run after rice price manipulators and greedy traders

00:34He made the proposal after the house skin the committee uncovered alarming evidence of collusion and price

00:41Manipulation in the rice industry despite reports of oversupply and reduced import tariffs

00:47Speaker while the said his proposed task force may be composed of the Department of Agriculture Department of Justice National Bureau of

00:54Investigation Bureau of Customs Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Department of Trade and Industry

00:59We will lower the price of rice and basic food commodities. That is what our King Takong wants.

01:06That is why we are going to move forward. In fact, there will be hearings and briefings this week.

01:14Other lawmakers expressed support for this proposal with one even suggesting

01:18It is necessary to consider that price manipulation is a heinous crime

01:25The hearing of the King Takong will continue this week

01:29Meanwhile update from the separate house squad committee its lead chair congressman Robert Ace Barbers reported that police colonel Hector

01:36Grijaldo who had been previously cited in contempt due to repeated absences from their hearings is now detained at the house detention facility

01:44We ask the government to support this proposal

01:47Apart from the hearing several important resolutions were also filed by some lawmakers like house committee on senior citizens chair

01:54Rodolfo Villanueva

01:56We ask the government to support this proposal

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02:45He's pushing for the welfare of drivers

02:47against the alleged harm brought about

02:49by the Land Transportation Office's points system

02:51They are causing demerits

02:53in every violation of motorists

02:55We are alarmed

02:57because there are truck drivers

02:59and bus drivers

03:01who lost their jobs

03:03because the LTO revoked

03:05their license

03:07their license

03:09Manolis Moras

03:11from the National TV Network

03:13for a better Philippines

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