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Other bills signed, others vetoed (Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the rice tariffication bill into law, Senate President Tito Sotto said. The signing came after the President met with various rice traders who had been opposed to the measure that essentially allows the market to be flooded with cheaper rice imports for as long as they are imposed a tax. Under the measure, rice traders can import an unlimited quantity of rice for as long […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, said National Food Authority Administrator Jason Aquino has “requested” that he be allowed to step down. “He said he is tired,” Duterte revealed in his tête-à-tête with Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo. According to Duterte, he would “scout for a new one.” Duterte’s revelations came amid an alleged rice shortage in parts of the country.
(Eagle News)——President Rodrigo Duterte has allayed fears of a rice shortage in the country. Speaking before the Filipino community in Israel on Sunday night, Duterte said “marami namang bigas.” In fact, he said “paparating pa nga dito eh. Ngayon sumobra nga” “Those are politics. I would like to remind you that I won because of the vote of the Filipino,” Duterte said. Several people have called for the head of Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol amid […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, Sept. 2, warned rice traders he would not hesitate to use his emergency powers if they resort to illegal practices such as rice hoarding. “I will not hesitate to exercise the powers of the President and I will ask the military and the police to raid your warehouses, bodegas. And I will just get your—subject of course to just compensation,” Duterte said in a speech prior to his departure […]
(Eagle News) — Complaints for technical malversation and graft have been filed against high-ranking officials of the National Food Authority. The complaints filed by Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura against NFA administrator Jason Aquino and Gerry Ambrosio, accounting services department manager, were for their alleged use of P5.1 billion intended as subsidy for its Food and Security Program for other purposes. According to SINAG, based on a Commission on Audit report, of the P5.1 billion, P3.01 billion […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of Senate committee on agriculture and food on Tuesday, August 28 urged President Rodrigo Duterte to set a ceiling on prices of rice in the country. This came in the wake of continuous increase in the prices of rice in the market. Villar said the President can declare a state of calamity under the provision of Republic Act 7581 or the Price Act that could control and stabilize […]
(Eagle News) — Mula sa Php 63-70 per kilo ng bigas nitong nagdaang dalawang linggo, ngayon halos Php 10.00 ang ibinaba ng presyo sa bawat kilo ng bigas dahil umano sa pagpasok ng mga commercial rice na nagmula sa National Capital Region, Visayas at Central Mindanao. Ayon kay Ruben Manatad-NFA 9 Assistant Regional Director, agad nilang isinupply sa pamilihan ang mga bigas na nasa barko mula sa ibang bansa na nakatulong sa pagbaba ng presyo […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures taken by Eagle News correspondent Rebert Soriao in Legazpi, people are seen lining up to buy National Food Authority rice priced at P32 per kilogram. Each person is only allowed to purchase three kilograms of the cheap rice.
(Eagle News) — A rice watchdog opposed the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to lift restrictions on the rice imports. Cathy Estavillo, Spokesperson of the Bantay Bigas group, said that President’s plan was only a band-aid solution. She said government should instead focus on the strengthening of local rice production to avoid rice shortage in the future. Estavilo said the lifting of restriction on rice imports will be a disadvantage to the farmers, as it […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Iimbestigahan ng National Food Authority (NFA) ang napaulat na umano’y ibinebentang mabahong bigas sa merkado. Nasabay kase ang nasabing isyu sa distribusyon ng bigas, nitong Martes, Abril 17 mula sa Nueva Ecija na nagkakahalaga ng 39 pesos kada kilo bilang pansamantalang pamalit sa NFA rice. Ayon kay NFA Spokesperson Rex Estoperez, bagaman hindi galing sa NFA ang nasabing bulok na bigas ay titignan pa rin nila ito para matiyak […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinagbibitiw na ng minority bloc sa Kamara si National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Jason Aquino. Ito ay matapos maalarma ang mga kongresista sa pahayag ng ahensya na pang-isang araw na lang ang stock ng NFA rice. Ayon kay House Minority leader Danilo Suarez, nakaka-alarma na ang sitwasyon dahil posible itong samantalahin ng mga tiwaling rice traders. “Wala na, hindi na pinatatagal yung ganyang kapalpakan. Voluntarily he should not wait anymore […]
https://youtu.be/OTpTGHuMY9I QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte gave the green-light signal to the proposal of the National Food Authority (NFA) Council to import 250,000 metric tons of rice. According to Jonas Soriano, Deputy Executive Director of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, the move is to increase the current NFA rice inventory or buffer stock. “Even with the sufficient supply of rice for the entire country to date, the NFA management is […]
