Farmer groups have expressed support for a bill that would allow the state-run National Food Authority (NFA) to intervene in ...

The major headlines are focused on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte and the scandals caused by corruption in the implementation of the flood control projects. All of these have ...

Farmers inspect rice crops affected by floods in La Union in this Oct. 12, 2021 file photo. — PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it would like the Rice ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Tax reform has undoubtedly coincided with a period of higher inflation risk in the country. Any man or woman on the ...

MANILA, Philippines — What is causing our rice crisis today is a lack of competence and compassion (malasakit), much more than corruption. This surfaced at the hearing of the Senate Committee on ...

MANILA, Philippines — A consumer rights organization yesterday expressed support for calls to review the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), saying adjustments to the policy could help protect both local ...

Six years after Republic Act (RA) 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) took effect, the cost of producing unmilled rice is still at double digits, based on the latest data from the Philippine ...

THE Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), enacted in 2019 to stabilize rice prices and ensure food security through liberalized imports, has disrupted labor dynamics in the industry. While it opened ...

MANILA -- Despite lobbying for amendments in the past years, Agriculture chief Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the Rice Tariffication Law was not a 'total failure'. Speaking to ANC's Headstart, Tiu ...