House asked to start ball rolling on coco levy bill

THE House committee handling a proposed coconut levy trust fund bill has been urged to start working on the measure that would pave the way for immediate release of the P75-billion fund for the benefit of 3.5 million coconut farmers in the country.

Senator Francis Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, said his committee already concluded hearings on the trust fund bill in September and it is set to come up with a report to be presented in plenary.