Duterte backtracks: No halt to rice importation

Karl R. Ocampo, Yolanda Sotelo 11/22/2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has backpedaled on his pronouncement to suspend rice importation and instead called for ramping up palay purchases and giving cash subsidies to small farmers, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said on Thursday. Mr. Duterte changed…

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