Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol and Hungary’s Minister of Agriculture Dr. Istvan Nagy on Wednesday met to discuss emerging opportunities in the agriculture sector and how they can lead to stronger trade and investments ties.
A socioeconomic research outfit raised more questions about the terms of Beijing’s P3.2-billion funding of the Chico River Pump Irrigation Project at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, as Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian called for transparency on China’s loans to the Philippines.
Ibon Foundation’s top researcher, Rosario Bella Guzman, said the Department of Finance (DOF) had invoked a confidentiality clause when the group tried to get a copy of the loan agreement for the Chico River project last year.
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