DAVAO CITY --- The Department of Agriculture (DA) rebuffed any involvement in the alleged “tong-pats” or price-padding scheme and other irregularities on pork importation, during a public hearing conducted by the Senate of the Philippines, on April 12, 2021. “On the alleged ‘tong-pats’ of about five to seven pesos per kilo of imported pork, the present DA leadership … [Read more...] about DA rebuffs involvement in alleged ‘tong-pats’ on pork imports