The Department of Finance (DOF) is "strongly objecting" to the appeals for President Duterte to recall his executive order (EO) that reduced the tariffs of imported rice, saying its benefits would outweigh the revenues that the government will lose. (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The...
Senator Cyntha Villar on Wednesday, June 9, took exception to claims of farmers' groups that she ignored the calls for action on President Duterte's Executive Order (EO) No. 135, which reduced the tariffs on imported rice. Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate agriculture and food...
Senator Risa Hontiveros urged Malacañang on Wednesday, May 19, to take back the executive order (EO) that lowers tariffs on imported rice, saying this will burden Filipino rice farmers. (Keith Bacongco/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) “I urge Malacañang to recall EO 135. Lowering imported rice...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Monday, April 26, praised the reported achievements of government agencies in implementing the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), particularly the funds meant to aid local rice farmers amid the liberalized importation of the commodity. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo/Jansen Romero)...
The latest move of Vietnam – the Philippines’ top source for cheaper, imported rice – to import rice too may push rice prices higher on the local front, sources said. Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Ariel Cayanan said the unprecedented decision of Vietnam, one of the world’s...
The Department of Finance (DOF) directed the tax authorities to assist the Department of Agriculture (DA) in investigating the alleged use of cooperatives by private traders as dummies for rice imports. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said he ordered the Bureau of Internal...
