The chief of Socioeconomic Planning and Finance defended the historic Rice Tariffication Law enacted during the Duterte administration, despite presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s intention to modify it. Karl Kendrick …
Senator Cynthia Villar, the committee on agriculture chairperson, said that the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) is already in place, and there would be no chance of repealing it now. During …
The National Food Authority (NFA) insisted that there is no need to review the Rice Tariffication Law and maintained the measure is beneficial to farmers despite the continuous decline in …
President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday night that he was not ready to get rid of the rice tariffication law since the Philippines “cannot be rice sufficient.” Duterte remained firm …