AN ACT REVITALIZING THE COCONUT INDUSTRY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBER SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN (R.A. 6657), AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW OF 1998’, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION CALLING THE PRESIDENT TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ALL COCONUT-GROWING PROVINCES IN THE PHILIPPINES TO ARREST THE MASSIVE INFESTATION OF THE COCONUT LEAF BEETLE (BRONTISPA LONGISSIMA GESTRO) AFFECTING THE COUNTRY'S COCONUT INDUSTRY

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ANENT THE STATUS OF MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF COCONUT LEVY FUND IN THE LIGHT OF REPORTS THAT IT IS BEING APPROPRIATED FOR IMMENSELY HUGE PROJECTS TO THE DETRIMENT OF SMALL COCONUT FARMERS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF CHARTING POLICIES FOR THE COCONUT INDUSTRY AND FAMILIES DEPENDING ON THE SECTOR.