Rappler's latest stories on rice tariffication bill
Butterfly effect: How rice tariffication bill affects everyone
Conversations about rice are a national conversation
Duterte open to changes in rice tariffication bill
Rice industry stakeholders still hope the National Food Authority's regulatory powers will be retained, but President Rodrigo Duterte is against this
Gov't body, producers reject sugar import liberalization
'It is alarming to note that this decision to liberalize sugar importation stemmed from a collegial body which means all economic planners are into this,' says Sugar Regulatory Administration board member Emilio Yulo
Duterte asked to veto provisions in rice tariffication bill
Various groups in the rice industry urge President Rodrigo Duterte to veto provisions which they say would lead to loss of jobs
Senate approves bill lifting rice import limits
If the rice tariffication bill is passed into law, a Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund would be created to protect the rice industry from sudden or extreme price fluctuations
House approves rice tariffication bill on 3rd reading
But opposition lawmakers argue the bill 'totally abandons' Filipino farmers and puts local agriculture 'in danger of extinction'
