Council backs call to stop vegetable smuggling

BAGUIO CITY: City officials have supported the call of Bishop Victor Bendico of the Diocese of Baguio to stop the smuggling of vegetables that is hurting local farmers in the Cordillera Administrative Region, especially in the vegetable producing province of Benguet and some parts of Mountain Province and Ifugao.

Under Resolution 424-22, local legislators conformed to Bendico's arguments that smuggled vegetables greatly hurt the local farming industry, thus, concerned agencies and local governments must take appropriate actions to curb the said problem.