INQUIRER.net: DA secretary opposes cash distribution to farmers forced to pay coconut levy

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DA secretary opposes cash distribution to farmers forced to pay coconut levy Feb 7th 2013, 23:09 LUCENA CITY, Philippines—Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala slammed the proposed distribution of the nearly P70-billion coconut levy fund to individual farmers, saying it would only generate floods of court cases against the government.   Alcala feared the heirs of deceased coconut farmers and the government would end up embroiled in divisive and costly cases in court to determine who among them would be the legal recipients of the share of the levy contributors.   "Most of the levy contributors were already dead. If the government would resort to cash distribution, many of the heirs would file complaints on charges of unequal distributions," Alcala told r... Keep on reading: DA secretary opposes cash distribution to farmers forced to pay coconut levy Media files: proceso-alcala.jpg (image/jpeg)

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