Malacañang said on Tuesday it was implementing measures, such as importing “galunggong” (round scad) and removing special safeguards on onions and poultry, to help the country mitigate the rising cost of goods and services.
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Officials of the National Food Authority (NFA) and NFA Council have blamed each other for the delay in the approval to import rice, which supposedly led to the shortage of government-subsidized staple in the country.
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Senators turned their ire on the National Food Authority (NFA) after the rice shortage in Zamboanga City forced the local government to declare a state of calamity.
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Amid complaints about the high price of rice, the chair of House appropriations committee called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday to make sure President Rodrigo Duterte’s marching orders to go after rice hoarders and smugglers would be diligently implemented.
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Read moreAmid complaints about the high price of rice, the chair of House appropriations committee called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday to make sure President Rodrigo Duterte’s marching orders to go after rice hoarders and smugglers would be diligently implemented.
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