THE Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), enacted in 2019 to stabilize rice prices and ensure food security through liberalized imports, has disrupted labor dynamics in the industry. While it opened ...

The major headlines are focused on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte and the scandals caused by corruption in the implementation of the flood control projects. All of these have ...

Six years after Republic Act (RA) 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) took effect, the cost of producing unmilled rice is still at double digits, based on the latest data from the Philippine ...

MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has urged lawmakers to support amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), saying it failed to protect Filipino farmers from ...

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Wednesday called for amending the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), warning that it “threatens to kill” the rice industry. During the hearing of the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Las Piñas Rep. Mark Anthony Santos has urged colleagues in the House of Representatives to prioritize deliberations on proposed amendments to Republic Act No. 11203, or the Rice ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is expediting nationwide consultations to finalize proposed amendments to Republic Act (RA) 11203, or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), that will curb high rice ...

FILE PHOTO: A farmer walks along a paddy field on a rice terrace in Banaue, Ifugao province, the Philippines, on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. Rice prices have remained volatile, while the influx of cheap ...

Amid the continuing rise in rice prices and growing calls from farmers’ groups and consumer advocates to restore the regulatory and market intervention powers of the National Food Authority (NFA), a ...