DA suspends 139 NFA personnel

by Ed Paolo Salting - Bernadette E. Tamayo

Mar 05, 2024 12:05 am

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday that it had enforced the preventive suspension order for 139 officials and employees of the National Food Administration (NFA).

'Today, we are implementing the preventive suspension order of the Ombudsman against 139 officials and employees of the NFA, who are being investigated for alleged involvement in the controversial sale of rice buffer stocks,' Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said.

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