Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
THURSDAY last week, selected members of the Foundation for Economic Freedom Inc. had dinner with the newly appointed Agriculture secretary, Francis Tiu Laurel Jr., at his father's house in Makati. I came a few minutes late, and the conversation had already started with the secretary discussing how he planned to better monitor farm production through satellite technology.
I immediately thought it an encouraging sign because I attended the meeting with the intention of just listening to what he planned to do with the agricultural sector and the Department of Agriculture (DA). Honestly, I could not get a sense of direction from him based on media reports and press releases as most of the statements issued by the DA or the Presidential Communication Operations Office were too general or mostly motherhood statements.
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