Rice farmers (Photo courtesy of DA Communications Group) MANILA - Despite criticisms, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on Thursday said the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) is a game-changing reform policy that broke the decades-long inefficiency of the country's rice sector and enhanced its prospect of being globally competitive. "The RTL is a transformative reform that benefits all industry stakeholders - most particularly farmers and consumers - as it liberalizes rice trade by imposing tariffs on imports in lieu of quantitative restrictions and provides a yearly PHP10-billion budget through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) for six years to empower Filipino rice farmers and enable them to compete with their ASEAN counterparts," Dar said in a statement. He said rice is now cheaper compared to pre-RTL years, benefitting millions of consumers and farmers. "Despite the blabber and noise by detractors, we see the RTL and RCEF as testament
NEW HOUSES. Ka Kaloy (left), a former member of the communist New People's Army (NPA), and his wife pose for a photo in front of their house after the turnover ceremony on Tuesday (Oct. 12) at the Freedom Residences in Barangay Cuambugan, Tagum City in Davao del Norte. He is among the beneficiaries who received the housing units under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP) of the government. (Photo courtesy of 1001Bde) DAVAO CITY - A total of 52 former rebels (FRs) of the New People's Army (NPA) have received their new housing units under the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP), the Army's 1001st Infantry Brigade (1001Bde) said in a statement Thursday. Capt. Roberto Escalona, the 1001Bde civil-military operations officer, said the turnover ceremony was at the Freedom Residences in Barangay Cuambugan, Tagum City on Tuesday. He said the ECLIP project is in collaboration with the National Housing Authority (NHA) 11 (D
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