MANILA, March 18 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday hoped for additional lifting of more preventive suspension orders against National Food Authority (NFA) employees to ensure unhampered operations in the agency.

"Kung merong madagdag pa, welcome iyon sa DA para bumilis iyong pagbalik sa normal na operation ng NFA. Bagamat naaayos naman iyon, pero syempre mas maganda kung makabalik din sila iyong mga walang kasalanan (If there will be additional [lifting], the DA welcomes that to bring NFA operations back to normal. Though it [operation] is kept adequate, it's still better to have the innocent employees back," DA Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said in an interview.

Earlier, the Office of the Ombudsman lifted the preventi...