The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has lifted the preventive suspension order earlier issued against 72 National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse supervisors who were reportedly involved in the low-priced sale of rice buffer stocks without the conduct of public bidding and prior approval by the NFA...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (Contributed photo) The proposed bill amending the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) is moving swiftly in the House of Representatives and is expected to be approved on third and final reading before...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The effort to pass key amendments to Republic Act (RA) No.11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) will kick into high gear this week as the House of Representatives begins the plenary debates on the...
Senator Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB) Senator Imee Marcos is batting for government-to-government importation of rice bypassing the National Food Authority (NFA) amid what she described as the current "rice emergency" that the country is...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (PPAB) ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has vented his apparent frustration over the Senate when it comes to the proposal to amend Republic Act (RA) No.11203 or the Rice Tarrification Law (RTL), with the end...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the House of Representatives hailed on Tuesday, May 7 the swift passage at the committee level of a measure that aims to amend the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) for the purpose of...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives took a huge step toward its goal of significantly reducing prices of rice for the sake of poor Filipinos on Tuesday morning, May 7. This, after the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has expressed strong belief that, given the right circumstances, prices of rice could plunge to below P30 per kilo come July. Romualdez made this...
Sen. Cynthia Villar criticized the National Food Authority (NFA), which according to her, has not proven itself in terms of looking after rice farmers and consumers' welfare. Villar made the statement after President Marcos said he would certify as urgent the bill proposing to amend the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has hailed President Marcos' decision to certify as urgent the bill amending the Rice Tariffication Law...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee expects retail prices of rice to drop by as much as P20 per kilo if and when the proposed amendments to Republic Act (RA) No. 11023 or the Rice Tariffication Law...
Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Angela Suansing (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Even an author of the 2019 Rice Tarrification Law (RTL) in the House of Representatives has admitted the need to amend the controversial statute, if only...
