date:Dec 24, 2013
Saying the import monopoly on onion and garlic must be dismantled, Senator Cynthia Villar on Monday asked the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) to make public the names of traders and importers and farmer associations who obtained import permits for the basic food ingredients.
We have to be transparent and make public this list so that we can check for ourselves whether or not a monopoly exists in the importation of garlic and onion in the country, Villar said.
At a hearing of the Committee on