Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:08:51 +0000
Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos urged the government on Saturday to immediately amend the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Rice Import Liberalization Law.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:38:06 +0000
The economic research group Ibon Foundation on Tuesday warned that the rice tariffication law would neither improve the productivity of local farmers, lower the price of rice, or ensure a stable rice supply unless the government gave substantial support to agriculture.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 23:21:57 +0000
Employees of the National Food Authority (NFA) wore black on Monday to protest the rice import liberalization or tariffication law as they feared losing their jobs when it limits the agency’s function to procuring palay and clips its regulatory powers.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 23:20:46 +0000
Modernizing local rice production, not unbridled importation of the staple, will solve the country’s intermittent rice shortage, a peasant leader-turned-lawmaker said on Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 05:43:12 +0000
Malacañang on Monday said it would welcome any move by farmers to question the legality of the recently-signed Rice Tariffication Law.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 15:17:05 +0000
Vice President Leni Robredo urged the Duterte administration to ensure that there would be measures to safeguard rice farmers from the negative effects of the recently signed rice tariffication law.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 23:14:46 +0000
Lawmakers expressed a mix of guarded optimism and skepticism over the future of the local rice industry following the enactment of the rice tariffication law, which the Duterte administration and its congressional allies said would help lower the price of the staple and ensure supply.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 21:26:26 +0000
A measure opening the doors to the unrestricted importation of rice is now awaiting President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature.
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