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                    [ArticleID] => 2290103
                    [Title] => Bahala na si Batman!
                    [Summary] => 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.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-08-21 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136475
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804837
                    [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2227582
                    [Title] => Fertilizer crisis on rice
                    [Summary] => 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 years, however, have been abnormal, to say the least.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-12-01 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133715
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805279
                    [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2199562
                    [Title] => DBM releases P8 billion for farmers’ subsidy
                    [Summary] => The Department of Budget and Management has released P8.05 billion in excess tariff revenues from the Rice Tariffication Law to assist more local rice farmers.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-08-02 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1475310
                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/08/01/farmer_2022-08-01_19-33-1664_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2198386
                    [Title] => RTL review not a priority – Diokno
                    [Summary] => The Marcos administration will not prioritize the review of the Rice Tariffication Law as the measure continues to benefit the majority of Filipinos, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-07-28 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1475310
                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/07/27/diokno_2022-07-27_19-48-39271_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 2182279
                    [Title] => RTL may help transform rice industry, says Dar
                    [Summary] => The Rice Tariffication Law  is the appropriate tool to transform the country’s rice industry, according to Agriculture Secretary William Dar.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-05-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805144
                    [AuthorName] => Catherine Talavera
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2182298
                    [Title] => RTL repeal risks farmers’ productivity, inflation
                    [Summary] => Any move to suspend or repeal the Rice Tariffication Law is risking the chance of farmers to improve their productivity and for inflation to remain manageable as consumers enjoy cheap rice prices, according to Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-05-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1475310
                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/05/19/farmer2022-02-2119-21-32_2022-05-19_19-38-32737_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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                    [ArticleID] => 2165603
                    [Title] => Villar blasts move to replace PhilMech head
                    [Summary] => 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 Law.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-03-07 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805432
                    [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2163767
                    [Title] => Populist politics
                    [Summary] => The easiest thing to do during an election campaign is for candidates to say anything that seems simple and popular.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-02-28 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136475
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804837
                    [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2162383
                    [Title] => Farmers urge reassessment of RTL
                    [Summary] => Food security group Tugon Kabuhayan is urging the government to assess the Rice Tariffication Law and the impact of its Rice Enhancement Competitiveness Fund to see if the allocation needs to be revised based on farmers’ needs.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-02-22 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805144
                    [AuthorName] => Catherine Talavera
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/02/21/farmer_2022-02-21_19-21-32482_thumbnail.jpg
                )

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                    [ArticleID] => 2135495
                    [Title] => ‘Enlightened’ small farmers
                    [Summary] => A rather simplistic view of what defines Philippine agriculture should rest on two basic tenets: (1) The urgency of providing for a secure supply of and reasonably priced food for a growing nation.  And, (2) Ensuring that those who provide food are reasonably compensated so that they are able to live with dignity and decency.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-10-21 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133715
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805279
                    [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
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