The Arroyo government is again playing with words, as if it would make the rice crisis (which has now reached the level of a food crisis) go away. It claims there is no rice crisis but admits to a rice price crisis. There may be no real shortage yet but sharp increases in the price…
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The Rice Crisis, Globalization, and Culture
BY JULIE L. PO CONCERNED ARTISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 The rice crisis that the country experiences today is greatly a result of the government’s policy towards globalization. Although globalization is mainly economics, it carries a cultural impact that erodes our outlook on rice…
GMOs Not Solution to Food Crisis, Envi Group Says
Greenpeace calls on gov’t to heed UN warnings Greenpeace, an international environmental organization, has called on the Philippine government to heed the warnings of the world’s leading agricultural scientists that industrial agricultural practices and genetically-modified (GMO) crops will not solve the current food crisis. POSTED BY BULATLAT Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 Greenpeace,…
No Rice Crisis in Abra
Rice in this province may not be scarce, but residents said, its price has also gone up amid the impending global rice crisis. But unlike in other urban areas, however, there are no people lining up for government-subsidized rice. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dipatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 10, April 13-19, 2008…
Queues for NFA Rice Keep Getting Longer
As the price of commercial rice grains increase three times a week, people endure lining up for NFA rice under the scorching sun just to buy their daily supply of the Filipinos’ staple food. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 10, April 13-19,2008 Tricia, a 23-yrear-old mother of three, lined-up to buy rice at…
Obsession over Fiscal Balance Behind Gov’t Proposal to Increase NFA Prices
“This is another situation of the administration being more concerned about impressing creditors than addressing the deteriorating welfare of the country’s poorest,” said Sonny Africa, head of research of IBON Foundation. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 10, April 13-19, 2008 The government’s obsession with balancing the budget to satisfy its creditors…
Consumers Swarm NFA Rice Outlets in Baguio, Benguet
Consumers last Thursday lined up in seven rice outlets of the National Food Authority hoping to get five kilos of the cheaper staple. The distribution system was changed Friday allegedly to get rid of “traders.” BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 9, April 6-12, 2008 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms…
Missing the Point in the Rice Crisis
The root of the problem that led to the rice crisis, rural backwardness, cannot be solved by sporadic solutions and releases of funds. It would necessitate a reversal of the economic programs and priorities of the government. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No.9, April 6-12, 2008 Supposedly, if the Arroyo government is to…
Baguio Mayor Seeks Rice Price Watch
Mayor Reinaldo Bautista, Jr. last week said he would ask the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) regional office here to strictly monitor the prices of rice in the city to guard against profiteering, hoarding and other illegal practices that may arise due to the problem hounding the rice industry. BY AILEEN F. REFUERZO, Baguio…
Real Crises
There is real danger that rice will soon become a very scarce commodity beginning with the market stalls but eventually, from the dining table of tens of millions of poor Filipinos. This is not to say that this staple food has not become scarce before and is even now beyond the reach of a scandalously…
There is an Actual Rice Crisis Aggravated by an Artificial One
Rice importation fosters crisis BY THE KILUSANG MAGBUBUKID NG PILIPINAS DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30 – April 5, 2008 The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) reacted to the statement of Senator Edgardo Angara saying that the rice crisis today is artificial. The group clarified that there is an…