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Calls are mounting in the House of Representatives to amend or repeal the rice tariffication law that liberalized rice importation. This law has been blamed for plummeting palay prices that have detrimentally impacted local farmers. Representatives Josephine Ramirez-Sato and Jose Christopher Belmonte intend to file a joint resolution to amend the law. The Makabayan bloc also supports repealing the law, arguing it has ensured profits for rice traders while starving farmers and damaging the local rice industr
- Author
- Airhol Valdez
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- EN