At the Speaker Yñiguez 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 country. STC agreed
with the opinion of DAR that the bills proposed in this Committee had
more to do with feeding than food security; thus, the need to change
the name of the proposed Council. Though noble in purpose, the bills
aimed to help solve malnutrition by supplying children from poor families
with produce coming from small farmers/fisherfolk and this, STC found as
a bit too ambitious given logistical/distribution problems especially
since produce have such short consumable/edible life. Instead, STC
proposed that a Consultative/Coordinative Council be set up for this
purpose but to leave the sourcing to LGU’s and the distribution/
execution of the feeding to NGO’s.
At the Speaker Yñiguez 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 country. STC agreed
with the opinion of DAR that the bills proposed in this Committee had
more to do with feeding than food security; thus, the need to change
the name of the proposed Council. Though noble in purpose, the bills
aimed to help solve malnutrition by supplying children from poor families
with produce coming from small farmers/fisherfolk and this, STC found as
a bit too ambitious given logistical/distribution problems especially
since produce have such short consumable/edible life. Instead, STC
proposed that a Consultative/Coordinative Council be set up for this
purpose but to leave the sourcing to LGU’s and the distribution/
execution of the feeding to NGO’s.
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