‘Govt agencies agree to buy directly from farmers, fishers’
VICE Presidential aspirant Francis N. Pangilinan said the Secretaries of Interior and Local Government, Education, Agriculture, and Social Welfare and Development have agreed to use their budget for their food-related programs and buy directly from local farmers and fishers.
“I texted them and they said yes [to the proposition],” said Pangilinan, who in his campaign sorties around the country brings with him copies of the law, the implementing rules and regulations, as well as the memorandum of the Government Procurement Policy Board doing away with rigid bidding processes for food purchases.
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