PCA chief seeks passage of coco levy measure

PHILIPPINE Coconut Authority (PCA) administrator Romulo dela Rosa on Friday urged the Senate and House of Representatives to hasten the passage of a measure that seeks to create a trust fund from the P75-billion coconut levy.

“The Lower House will now go to the floor and the other representatives will introduce amendments on the floor. On the side of the Senate, there was a delay even at the community level . . . but we [at PCA] are exerting our efforts also . . . I think the President has listed the coco levy bill as one of the priority bills that they want to push,” Dela Rosa told reporters in a news briefing during the opening of the 31st National Coconut Week Celebration and 5th International Coconut Festival at the Megatrade Hall 1, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.