MANILA, Philippines — Two months since local hog raisers and viajeros (middlemen) were promised a transport subsidy by the Department of Agriculture (DA), no one has yet to be paid in exchange for delivering live hogs to Metro Manila at a relatively low cost.
Chester Warren Tan, president of the National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc., said that he has yet to receive reports from any group, cooperative, or organization that has been paid for their service.
“The DA claimed they gave support already,” he said. “I wonder who wasable to receive[the subsidies].”
Tan, in a Senate hearing, was appointed by lawmakers to supervise the distribution of the transport subsidy….
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