By DEE AYROSO
Vested interest
Tags: rice imports
Rice crisis in the offing as WTO removes restrictions on rice imports – farmers’ group
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas warned that the Philippines risks going through a rice crisis as the Benigno Aquino III administration is set to open the floodgates to bigger amounts of rice imports. June 30 marks the end of the quantitative restrictions (QRs) the World Trade Organization…
US blocking Philippine bid to regulate rice imports – KMP
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) is outraged against what it described as the United State government’s attempts to blackmail the Philippines. The US is standing against the petition of the Philippines to the World Trade Organization for the extension of the Quantitative Restriction (QR) on rice…
On Overpriced NFA Rice Imports: The People Were Robbed Thrice — State Workers (PR)
PRESS RELEASE January 14, 2011 The national center of government employees COURAGE, whose member includes the National Food Authority Employees’ Association (NFAEA), said the people were robbed not just once or twice but even thrice on the reported overpriced importation of rice by the NFA during the past 3 years. In a statement, COURAGE National…
Rice Importation Hurts Local Farmers, Costs NFA Billions in Losses
Not only does rice importation hurt local farmers, it is also the culprit behind the billions of pesos in losses incurred by the National Food Authority (NFA) over the years.
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…