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Additional rice imports to send wrong signal to farmers – FFF
Additional rice imports to send wrong signal to farmers – FFF
By Louise Maureen Simeon | 337 days ago
Farmers may be at the losing end anew as the government plans to import an additional 300,000 metric tons of rice via government-to-government...
Business
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Farmers dispute government claims on huge drop in rice prices
By Louise Maureen Simeon | February 28, 2020 - 12:00am
Local farmers refuted the government’s claim that the rice tariffication law was the reason behind the significant drop in rice prices.
Business
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‘Safeguard duties on rice unlikely to push prices up’
‘Safeguard duties on rice unlikely to push prices up’
By Louise Maureen Simeon | Over a year ago
Local consumers will not feel the burden of higher prices of rice even if the government imposes safeguard duties on imp...
Business
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Rice imports management key to stem falling prices
Rice imports management key to stem falling prices
By Louise Maureen Simeon | Over a year ago
The government is being urged to focus on the root cause of declining palay (unhusked rice) prices instead of relying on palliative...
Agriculture
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Farmers lose P40 B as palay prices drop
By Louise Maureen Simeon | August 9, 2019 - 12:00am
Local farmers lost P40 billion in the first half of the year due to the significant drop in palay prices following the entry of more cheap imported rice, according to the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF).
Business
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Hurt by import surge, farmers seek anti-dumping duties
By Louise Maureen Simeon | August 2, 2019 - 12:00am
Local farmers want the government to impose anti-dumping duties and penalties on imported rice in a bid to address the undervaluation of the commodity following the new rice regime in the country.
Business
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Farmers refute claims rice liberalization has lowered rice prices
By Louise Maureen Simeon | July 22, 2019 - 12:00am
Local farmers are contradicting the claim of the economic team that the opening up of the market has resulted in a significant decline in rice prices.
Business
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Farmers decry exclusion from rice fund committee
Farmers decry exclusion from rice fund committee
By Louise Maureen Simeon | Over a year ago
Local farmers condemned yesterday the exclusion of their representatives from the Program Steering Committee (PSC) of the...
Business
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Farmers slam economic team for rushing rice tariffication IRR
By Louise Maureen Simeon | February 25, 2019 - 12:00am
Local farmers slammed the government’s economic managers for their decision to fast-track the crafting of the implementing rules and regulations of the rice import liberalization law, which replaces import...
Business
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Hacking can come from anywhere
FROM A DISTANCE - By Carmen N. Pedrosa | August 1, 2015 - 10:00am
It seemed for a while that the rich and powerful had a monopoly on electoral automated systems and that Filipino voters will just have to accept the results of the systems that they peddle around the world. One of...
Opinion
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