BPI director Gerald Glenn Panganiban said the DA has submitted its reply to a show-cause order issued by the House committee on agriculture and food.
“Our importation is based on scientific basis and on supply and demand. We do not open importation abruptly. We always consider what the data and the market show. We balance between the farmers, our consumers and the right prices,” Panganiban said.“We always report this to the Office of the Secretary and we coordinate with the AMAS and other agencies,” Panganiban said, referring to the agribusiness and marketing assistance service.
PAGASA said that it is still possible that Jenny could make landfall or pass close to Batanes, but the “likelihood is... Jenny was last spotted 485 kilometers east of Basco in Batanes, with peak winds of 155 km per hour near the center and gusts...