Rice tariffication is misunderstood
Critics have been pouncing on the rice tariffication law without weighing its benefits on farmers and the economy as a ...
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Trade wars
"Over the long term, as and if the contagion of protectionism spreads, we will not be able to escape its ...
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Consumer group blames ‘tariffication’ for falling farmgate prices of palay
A consumers watch group on Friday blamed the falling farmgate prices of palay to the “bankruptcy” of millions of local ...
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Private economists expect inflation to slow down in 2019 and next year
Private sector economists see inflation further slowing down this year and in 2020 on the back of a more stable ...
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Rody: Rice fund graft-proof
The government on Tuesday said it would be transparent in the use of P10-billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, which is aimed ...
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Sign the rice tariffication bill!
"The sooner this happens, the better." Along with the Foundation for Economic Freedom, I urge President Duterte to ...
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Rice tariffication a signature away from enactment
A bill that will allow the unimpeded importation of rice is awaiting President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature to become law, according ...
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A new rice regime
President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to sign into law the Rice Tariffication bill soon. This will usher in a new ...
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