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‘BOC should have more teeth in curbing undervaluation’

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | August 30, 2024 - 12:00am

Lawmakers should consider giving more teeth to the Bureau of Customs in deterring undervaluation of rice shipments in their proposed amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law.

Business

House OKs bill restoring NFA power to import rice

By Delon Porcalla | May 23, 2024 - 12:00am

Administration lawmakers approved on third and final reading on Tuesday the measure amending provisions of the Rice Tariffication...

Headlines

Bahala na si Batman!

By Boo Chanco | August 21, 2023 - 12:00am

Picture a speeding train (rice crisis), and here we are paralyzed in the middle of the rail tracks unable to do anything to save ourselves.

Business

Fertilizer crisis on rice

By Rey Gamboa | December 1, 2022 - 12:00am

More than three years after the Rice Tariffication Law was enacted, expected benefits remain contested, mainly on the promise that farmers’ incomes would improve with increased productivity. The last three...

Business

DBM releases P8 billion for farmers’ subsidy

By Louise Maureen Simeon | August 2, 2022 - 12:00am

The Department of Budget and Management has released P8.05 billion in excess tariff revenues from the Rice Tariffication Law...

Business

RTL review not a priority – Diokno

By Louise Maureen Simeon | July 28, 2022 - 12:00am

The Marcos administration will not prioritize the review of the Rice Tariffication Law as the measure continues to benefit...

Business

RTL may help transform rice industry, says Dar

By Catherine Talavera | May 20, 2022 - 12:00am

The Rice Tariffication Law is the appropriate tool to transform the country’s rice industry, according to Agriculture Secretary William Dar.

Business

RTL repeal risks farmers’ productivity, inflation

By Louise Maureen Simeon | May 20, 2022 - 12:00am

Any move to suspend or repeal the Rice Tariffication Law is risking the chance of farmers to improve their productivity and...

Business

Villar blasts move to replace PhilMech head

By Paolo Romero | March 7, 2022 - 12:00am

Sen. Cynthia Villar hit yesterday moves to replace the head of the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization despite what she considers as his exemplary record in implementing the Rice Tariffication...

Headlines

Populist politics

By Boo Chanco | February 28, 2022 - 12:00am

The easiest thing to do during an election campaign is for candidates to say anything that seems simple and popular.

Business