2ND CONGRESSIONAL HEARING BY SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FOOD SECURITY
At the Speaker YƱiguez Hall of the South Wing Annex of the House of Rep., PAGASA was invited in the morning of 22 Feb. 2017 as a resource in the deliberations on the proposal for the creation of a Food Security Council. Chaired by (L-R) Rep. Leo Rafael M. Cueva/Neg. Occ., Vice Chairman Rep. Gil Acosta/Palawan assisted in the hearing with Rep. Michael L. Romero, PhD. 1-PACMAN, Rep. Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr./Camsur, Rep. Jorge “Bolet” Banal/QC and Rep. Randolph S. Ting/Cagayan. Also present were Rep. Kaka J. Bag-Ao/Dinagat Islands and the representatives from DA, DAR, LBP, Government Statistics Agencies and the different Nutrition Agencies under DOH. PAGASA was the lone representative from the private sector at this Hearing. STC stated that in behalf of the private sector, PAGASA felt there was no need to create a Council on Food Security given that the objective was to oversee the funding and supply of food/nutrition of the poor citizens of this c...