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A veteran economist has expressed concerns about an imminent tightness in rice supply within a month if the government enforces price ceilings for too long. Gil S. Beltran, a former undersecretary and chief economist at the Department of Finance (DOF), stated that price controls typically provide...

As the country faces a possible rice crisis, Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri said he has proposed the creation of Rice Producing Zones (RPZs) in various regions of the country to the President....